Explorers

Question 1

Who is James Cook?

Answer 1

world explorer who was killed in Kealakekua, Hawaii

Question 2

Who is Henry Hudson?

Answer 2

An explorer who was named after Hudson river, Hudson stream, and Hudson bay

Question 3

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?

Answer 3

Named Florida state and Florida stream

Question 4

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 4

1st Englishmen to navigate globe (circumnavigate)

Question 5

Francisco Vizzaro

Answer 5

Sailed to find the city of globe

Question 6

Robert de LaSalle

Answer 6

Named Louisiana after King Louis the 14th, travelled through Mississippi river

Question 7

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 7

found Quebec, Canada

Question 8

Christopher Columbus

Answer 8

discovered west trade to Asia/European exploration

Question 9

Lewis & Clark

Answer 9

found practical route across West of United States by walking

Question 10

John Cabot

Answer 10

found short route from England to Asia through Atlantic Ocean

Question 11

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 11

known for naming America

Question 12

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 12

Went on a journey for spices and traveled through the route now known as the Strait of Magellan