Famous Explorers
This Italian explorer worked for England and explored Eastern Canada.
Who is John Cabot?
John Cabot explored this country.
What is England?
These Indigenous people lived in New England when explorers arrived.
Who are the Wabanaki?
Cabot explored this area of Canada.
What is Newfoundland?
Explorers described Maine as having many of these safe places for ships.
What are harbors?
This explorer was the first European to explore Cape Cod
Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?
This valuable resource traded by Champlain’s settlements came from animals.
What are furs?
The Wabanaki built these boats using bark from birch trees.
What are birchbark canoes?
This river, explored by Cartier, is one of the largest in Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The Gulf of Maine was known for its large quantities of this resource.
What are fish?
his French explorer mapped the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
Cartier took two Indigenous people back to this country.
What is France?
Cartier met this powerful Indigenous confederacy.
Who are the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)?
Verrazzano explored this region of the United States.
What is the East Coast?
Many forests in Maine were made up of these types of trees.
What are pine, fir, and birch trees?
This explorer founded settlements and trading posts in New England and Canada.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
European explorers often traveled along this natural feature.
What is the coastline?
Some explorers captured Indigenous people and brought them back to Europe. This action is called this.
What is kidnapping?
Champlain described the mountains of this island in Maine.
What is Mount Desert Island?
This explorer described Maine’s coastline as having many islands and channels.
Who is Verrazzano?
This explorer referred to the land he discovered as “New Found Land.”
Who is John Cabot?
Cartier named the region “Canada” from a word meaning this.
What is a village, town, or settlement?
Why were Indigenous people important to explorers?
They helped with trade, knowledge of the land, and survival.
This region includes Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and other nearby states.
What is New England?
This explorer named Mount Desert Island the “Island of the Barren Mountains.”
Who is Samuel de Champlain?