European Explorers
Vocabulary
European Settlements
Maps
Perspectives
100

Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon were explorers from what country?

Spain

100

A _______ is a person who travels to little-known places looking for land or other new discoveries. 

Explorer

100

Settlers from what country settled in Quebec City?

France

100

What are the four cardinal directions on a compass?

North, South, East, West

100

What did European explorers believe about land ownership?

They believed that land could be claimed. 
200

What country decided that the best way to get to Asia was to sail around the tip of Africa?

Portugal

200

A ______ is a large group of ships. 

Fleet

200

What was the name of one of the first Spanish communities created?

St. Augustine

200

When looking at a map of the World, using cardinal directions found on a compass, describe where Canada is. 

Northwest

200

What did Native Americans believe about land ownership?

They believed that land belonged to everyone and should be shared. 

300

Where were European Explorers ultimately trying to go when traveling West and why were they traveling there? 

To get spices from India and China

300

A perspective can also be called a ______ of _____. 

point of view

300

What were two reasons for why it was important to be connected to various bodies of water in the 1500s?

Trade, water source, travel

300

When looking at a map of the United States, using cardinal directions used on a compass, describe where Florida is. 

Southeast
300

True or False: People today view landownership similar to Native Americans. 

False

400

Name one European Explorer that we learned about from England. 

Henry Hudson or John Cabot

400
Florida is an example of a landform surrounded on three sides. What is this type of landform called?

A Peninsula

400

What did the first English settlers name their settlement?

Jamestown

400

What on a map tells us what the symbols on a map mean? Such as the capital building has a star by the name. 

The map key

400

Name two ways where customs and ideas of the Native Americans differed from those of the European explorers?

Language, food, religion, land ownership, how to use and treat the land.

500

What were European explorers trying to find when sailing West?

The Northwest Passage

500

In a _________ government, voters elect people to speak for them. 

Representative

500

Name two bad things that happened to the people who lived in Jamestown after they arrived to their new home. 

"The Starving Time"/Many died/fire destroyed almost everything/John Smith hurt in a gunpowder accident

500

What is the name of a map that shows how a place fits into a bigger place?

A Locator Map

500

Why did European explorers and Settlers travel to the Americas? What was something in common that they all wanted?

Fortune/Wealth/Money