Explorers

Christopher Columbus

100

The country that sponsored Christopher Columbus.

What is Spain?

200

The reason why Christopher Columbus explored.

What is to find a western sea route to Asia?

300

This is where Christopher Columbus landed

What is San Salvador?

Christopher Newport

100

The country that sponsored Christopher Newport.

What is England?

200

To discover riches; find a western sea route to Asia; colonize Virginia

What is the reason for Jacques Cartier's exploration?

300

Four additional voyages.

How many voyage did Christopher Newport make?

400

Jamestown

What is the location where Christopher Newport landed?

Jacques Cartier

100

The country that sponsored Jacques Cartier

What is France?

200

to colonize the New World

Why did Jacques Cartier go exploring?

300

A place where Jacques Cartier explored

What is the St. Lawrence River Valley?

400

The claim to North America

What claim did Jacques Cartier give to France?

Juan Ponce de Leon

100

Spain

What was Juan Ponce de Leon's sponsor country?

200

To discover riches and land to conquer

What was Juan Ponce de Leon's reason for exploring?

300

Land in Florida

What was he the first European to do?

400

Florida

What did Juan Ponce de Leon give Spain the claim to?

Vocabulary

100

A person who travels seeking new discoveries

Who is an explorer?

200

A person from one of the countries in Europe

Who is a European?

300

The act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin.

What is colonization?

400

a long journey involving travel by sea or in space

What is a voyage?