History Explorers

Question 1

Norse

Answer 1

First Explorers in America and set up a short lived settlement at Newfoundland, Canada.

Question 2

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 2

America is named after him.

Question 3

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Answer 3

Claimed the Panama for Spain and was the governor. The first to see the Pacific Ocean.

Question 4

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 4

His crew circumnavigated the globe ; proving that the world was round and that there was an American continent.

Question 5

Hernando Cortes

Answer 5

Sailed to Mexico and took over the Aztec empire, bringing gold back to Spain.

Question 6

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 6

Sailed to Peru and took over the Incan Empire. Kidnapped the Emperor and ransomed him for a room full of gold. Then killed him.

Question 7

Juan Ponce de Leon

Answer 7

Went looking for the fountain of youth, didn’t find it, but named and explored Florida.

Question 8

Panfilo de Narvaez

Answer 8

Looked for wealth in southern U.S but found non and disappeared.

Question 9

Esteban and Fray Marcos

Answer 9

Went looking for the “Seven Cities of Cibola” and reportedly found them.

Question 10

Francisco de Coronado

Answer 10

Went looking for the,”Seven Cities of Cibola”, but found the Grand canyon instead.

Question 11

Hernando de Soto

Answer 11

Explored the southern U.S and was the first explorer on the Mississippi River.

Question 12

John Cabot

Answer 12

Explored Canada and New England, claiming that land for England.

Question 13

Giovanni da Verrazano

Answer 13

Traveled all the way up the East coast from the Carolinas to Canada and mapped it.

Question 14

Jacques Cartier

Answer 14

Found the Gulf of St. Lawrence and traveled up the St. Lawrence River to what is now Quebec and created a short-lived French settlement.