Vazco Nunez de Balboa
Balboa explored the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela with another explorer, and when heading back to Spain they had to land their sinking ships on this island. He would stay here for 7 years as a plantation owner.
Hispaniola
Ponce de Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus prior to exploring himself. True or false?
true
Ferdinancd Magellan leaves Spain in 1519 with this many ships.
five
Hernando de Soto aided this conquistador in conquering the Inca in South America.
Francisco Pizarro
Jacques Cartier sailed for this country.
Balboa failed as a plantation owner than did this to escape his debts (money owed).
stowaway on Spanish ship
Ponce de Leon is killed by a ______________ while fighting Native Americans on the west coast of Florida.
a poison arrow
Magellan sails for Spain, who competes for sea trade routes to Asia and the Spice Islands with this other country.
Portugal
After his success against the Inca, de Soto was named governor of these two locations.
1) Florida and Puerto Rico
2) Colombia and Ecuador
1) Florida and Puerto Rico
Cartier explored this gulf after landing on an island near Newfoundland.
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Balboa had a leadrship role while in Venezuela, and decided to move his men to the a location where North and South America meet. Name the modern day country.
Panama
De Leon hear of rumors of __________ and a mythical fountain named ___________________.
gold, the Fountain of Youth
Magellan sails through a strait at the southern tip of South America and it is later named this.
Strait of Magellan
De Soto puts his wife in charge of __________, and sets out to explore ______________.
1) Puerto Rico and Mexico
2) Cuba and Florida
2) Cuba and Florida
Cartier was seeking the ___________ passage, a waterway that would allow Europeans to sail over North America.
northwest
Balboa chose cruelty over diplomacy when dealing with the Native Americans. True or false?
false (he chose diplomacy)
He sails through the Caribbean Sea, passing many islands and lands on what he thinks is another island. What has he discovered.
La Florida "land of flowers" now known simply as Florida
Magellan names the Pacific Ocean "peaceful", makes it to the Philippines, secures an ally with a native tribe, then this happens.
he is killed in battle
Powhatan explored the southeast of the United States and traveled through 9 U.S. states. True or false?
True.
1) Florida, 2) North Carolina, 3) South Carolina, 4) Tennessee, 5) Georgia, 6) Alabama,
7) Mississippi, 8) Arkansas, 9) Texas.
Although he had not found the passage he sought, Cartier reported to the king that he had found a __________ that he felt would lead to the Pacific Ocean. (*hint: body of water)
river
In a search for slaves and gold that were rumored to be to the south, he set out with 90 men to explore and after 30 days of fighting through jungle he discovered this.
Pacific Ocean (he named it South Sea)
Ponce de Leon sails around the tip of Florida, and discovers this island group that he names the ____________ after the heavy turtle population there.
Tortugas
This man was able to sail the last of the 5 ships back to Spain, successfully completing a 3 year circumnavigation of the Earth.
Juan Sebastián Elcano
De Soto was the first European to cross this river, and when he developed a fever and died, he was body was put in it.
Mississippi
Cartier sailed on this river to the present location of Quebec.
St. Lawrence River