Age of the Exploration

Question 1

Leif Ericson

Answer 1

Established a settlement called Vinland in Newfoundland, Canada

Question 2

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 2

set up school to teach about navigational techniques, funded voyages of discovery

Question 3

Bartholomeu Dias

Answer 3

1st European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa into the Indian Ocean

Question 4

Vasco De Gama

Answer 4

1st European to reach India by sea

Question 5

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 5

1st person to write that South America was not Asia, but a new continent

Question 6

Christopher Columbus

Answer 6

1st person to write about his discovery of the New World

Question 7

Vasco De Balboa

Answer 7

1st European to discover the Pacific Ocean

Question 8

Juan Ponce de Leon

Answer 8

1st European to discover and name Florida for Spain

Question 9

Hernando Cortes

Answer 9

conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico and named California for Spain

Question 10

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 10

1st person to circumnavigate the world

Question 11

Franscisco Pizarro

Answer 11

conquered the Incan Empire in Peru

Question 12

Franscisco de Coronado

Answer 12

explored the southwest US, 1st European to discover the Grand Canyon and the Rio Grande River

Question 13

Hernando de Soto

Answer 13

1st European to cross the Mississippi River

Question 14

Jacques Cartier

Answer 14

claimed Canada for France and explored the St. Lawrence River

Question 15

Henry Hudson

Answer 15

explored present day New York City area, Hudson Bay, Hundson River

Question 16

Why explore?

Answer 16

Finding the Northwest Passage to China
Acquire land and wealth
Discovering new land for their country
Search for new trade routes