Exploration of North America 3rd

Question 1

On October 12, 1942, Columbus claimed the land he found for the country of _______.

Answer 1

Spain

Question 2

Who was the first Spaniard to explore the lands that are now the United States?

Answer 2

Juan Ponce de Leon

Question 3

Ponce de Leon was searching for the ____.

Answer 3

Fountain of youth

Question 4

Ponce de Leon named Florida for its _____.

Answer 4

flowers

Question 5

Who was the first European to see the Mississippi River?

Answer 5

Hernando de Soto

Question 6

The legend of El Dorado was about a ___.

Answer 6

famous city of gold.

Question 7

Coronado explored the American Southwest searching for the ___.

Answer 7

Seven Cities of Cibola.

Question 8

The conquistadors were _____.

Answer 8

Spanish conquerors.

Question 9

The oldest permanent European settlement in the United States is ____.

Answer 9

St. Augustine.

Question 10

In the Southwest the Spaniards built religious communities called ____.

Answer 10

missions.

Question 11

A presidio is a _____.

Answer 11

fort

Question 12

Father Serra set up mission in _____.

Answer 12

California

Question 13

Who led a rebellion of Pueblos against the Spanish?

Answer 13

Pope

Question 14

John Cabot sailed for England, but he was born in ____.

Answer 14

Italy

Question 15

What areas did Henry Hudson explor?

Answer 15

eastern Canada and the New England coast.

Question 16

Henry Hudson explored the region that is now ____.

Answer 16

New York State.

Question 17

Champlain found five big bodies of water called ____.

Answer 17

the Great Lakes.

Question 18

The waterfall between the United States and Canada is _____.

Answer 18

Niagara Falls

Question 19

Champlain set up a colony named ____.

Answer 19

New France

Question 20

Most early European explorers in the Americas were looking for ____.

Answer 20

riches or a passage to Asia.