Spanish Explorers
Columbus sailed for this country
What is Spain?
This is the oldest European settlement in the United States.
What is St. Augustine (in Florida)?
Most early European explorers were looking for this
What are routes to Asia and riches?
A person who buys and sells goods to earn money
What is a merchant?
John Cabot was one of many explorers who were looking for this sea route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Northwest Passage?
This is what Ponce de León was searching for
What is the Fountain of Youth?
The river named for Henry Hudson is in this modern U.S. state
What is New York?
These two legends about a famous city or cities of gold inspired many explorers
What are the Seven Cities of Cibola and the Legend of El Dorado?
Something taken from nature that is useful to humans
What is a natural resource?
Henry Hudson sailed for these two countries
What are England and the Netherlands?
He was the first European to explore the Southern East Coast of what is now the United States
Who is Ponce de León?
This is the body of water that Champlain explored for France
What is the St. Lawrence River?
He led the Pueblo rebellion against the Spanish
Who is Popé?
These were the religious settlements that the Spaniards built in the Southwest
What are missions?
Samuel de Champlain explored these two Great Lakes
What are Lake Ontario and Lake Huron?
He was the first European to see the Mississippi
Who is Hernando de Soto?
Henry Hudson explored this area
What is Eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S. Coast?
These were the Spanish explorers who conquered the new land
Who are the conquistadors?
What is to exploit?
Henry Hudson has these three bodies of water named after him
What are the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait?
This happened to Ponce de Leon when he tried to establish a settlement in Florida
What is he was attacked by Native Americans?
This is the name of the settlement Champlain founded on the St. Lawrence River
What is Quebec?
This is what Coronado was looking for in the American Southwest when he found the Grand Canyon
What are the Seven Cities of Cibola?
A few members of an expedition who go before the rest of the group to get information about the area
What is a scouting party?
John Cabot was Italian, but he sailed for this country when he discovered Newfoundland
What is England?