Chapter 3 - Lesson 2

Question 1

An explorer is

Answer 1

a person who travels looking for new lands and discoveries

Question 2

A route is

Answer 2

the course you take to get somewhere

Question 3

Portugal began to search for a water route to Asia by

Answer 3

sailing east around Africa 500 years ago in the 1480s.

Question 4

When did the French begin searching for a water route to Asia?

Answer 4

In the 1500s

Question 5

Long ago, people used spices to

Answer 5

keep food from spoiling

Question 6

Spain hired _________ to sail to China to search for spices.

Answer 6

Christopher Columbus (explorer born in Italy)

Question 7

Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain and landed on an island of the coast of present-day

Answer 7

Florida

Question 8

He called the people Indians because

Answer 8

he thought he had reached the East indies near southern China

Question 9

Columbus set up a settlement on an island called

Answer 9

Hispaniola

Question 10

The group of people that lived on Hispaniola were called

Answer 10

the Taino

Question 11

Many of the Taino died because of

Answer 11

the diseases brought by the Spaniards

Question 12

Amerigo Vespucci was a

Answer 12

spanish explorer who explored Venezuela. North and South America were named in his honor

Question 13

The French arrived in North America in the

Answer 13

1520s

Question 14

______ sailed the St. Lawrence River in 1535

Answer 14

Jacques Cartier

Question 15

______ founded Quebec City in 1608

Answer 15

Samuel de Champlain

Question 16

_____ tried to find the Northwest passage to India in 1634

Answer 16

Jean Nicolet

Question 17

In 1682, _______ claimed the entire Mississippi region for France after he explained the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

Answer 17

Robert de la Salle

Question 18

In June 1497, _______arrived on the coast of North America and explored the coast before sailing back. England claimed all of North America

Answer 18

John Cabot

Question 19

In 1580, _______ became the first English explorer to sail around the world.

Answer 19

Sir Francis Drake. He claimed the land now known as San Francisco for England

Question 20

in 1609, _______ discovered a huge River in North America (Hudson River) while trying to find the Northwest Passage

Answer 20

Henry Hudson

Question 21

A ____ shows when events took place

Answer 21

timeline

Question 22

_____ are placed on a timeline in the order in which they happened

Answer 22

events