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European Exploration of the Americas

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  • Q1
    A community ruled by another country
    explorers
    colony
    New World
    30s
  • Q2
    What was the Northwest Passage?
    A way of traveling to China by sailing west from Europe.
    A route through the N.American continent that explorers found in 1492 .
    A route through the North American continent that many European explorers searched for, but never found.
    30s
  • Q3
    A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s.
    conquistadors
    missionaries
    explorers
    30s
  • Q4
    The name given to North and South America by the Europeans because they didn't know it existed until Columbus landed there.
    N. and S. America
    The Americas
    The New World
    30s
  • Q5
    A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another.
    Columbian Exchange
    Christianity
    contagious disease
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the Columbian Exchange?
    an exchange of food, animals, ideas, technology and even diseases between Columbia and Europe
    The movement of plants, animals, products and ideas between the Old World (Europe, Asia) and New World
    30s
  • Q7
    Which was an OLD World product?
    chicken/eggs
    tobacco
    potatoes
    corn
    30s
  • Q8
    Which was an OLD World product?
    turkeys
    peanuts
    small pox
    pineapple
    30s
  • Q9
    Which was a NEW World product?
    tomatoes
    bananas
    Christianity
    horses
    30s
  • Q10
    Which was a NEW World product?
    chili peppers
    rice
    grapes (and wine)
    pigs
    30s
  • Q11
    Which was a NEW World product?
    cattle
    pigs
    rice
    corn
    30s
  • Q12
    Which was an OLD World product?
    tobacco
    tomatoes
    sweet potatoes
    horses
    30s
  • Q13
    I was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the mighty Aztec empire in what is now Mexico.
    Cortes
    Coronado
    Columbus
    Cabot
    30s
  • Q14
    I "discovered" the North and South American continents by sailing west to reach Asia.
    Hudson
    Ponce de Leon
    Cortes
    Columbus
    30s
  • Q15
    I’m a Spanish explorer who is known for exploring a beautiful land for a fabled “Fountain of Youth”. I didn’t find it, but I claimed land I called Florida for Spain
    Columbus
    Coronado
    Cartier
    Ponce de Leon
    30s
  • Q16
    I wanted to find a water route to Asia, just like Columbus. I explored the eastern coast of North America and gave England its first land claims in the Americas.
    LaSalle
    Cabot
    Cartier
    Hudson
    30s
  • Q17
    I had heard of a rumored “Seven Cities of Gold” in a land now known as New Mexico. In my day, we called this land Cibola. I didn’t find any gold, but I did find the Grand Canyon.
    Coronado
    Cartier
    Ponce de Leon
    Cortes
    30s
  • Q18
    I made several voyages to the Americas and explored the land around St. Lawrence River. I gave France its first claims in what would later be called Canada.
    Hudson
    LaSalle
    Cabot
    Cartier
    30s
  • Q19
    I sailed for the Dutch and the English in the early 1600’s. I explored a river and a bay later named after me. On my last voyage, my crew was so angry with me, that they put my son and me off the ship and left us to die in the icy waters.
    Cabot
    Cartier
    Ponce de Leon
    Hudson
    30s
  • Q20
    I am a French explorer who sailed up the Mississippi River and claimed land for the King of France, King Louis XIV and called it Louisiana.
    LaSalle
    Cabot
    Cartier
    Hudson
    30s

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