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European Exploration
4th grade study of european exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First European to Discover the Americas | Christopher Columbus |
| An Italian explorer who sailed for the English. In 1497,he became the first European to set foot on the North American mainland | John Cabot |
| An explorer who sailed for the Spanish with Christopher Columbus. he saw the Florida coast in 1513 the first European to explore what is now the United States. | Juan Ponce de León |
| First European to see the Pacific OceanIn 1513 he crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean. He had been hoping to find gold during his exploration. | Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
| First to Explore Canada. In 1534, he explored the St. Lawrence River Valley | Jacques Cartier |
| He also gave France its first North American claim to land. | Jacques Cartier |
| In 1610, He discovered the Hudson Bay in Canada and the Hudson River in New York. | Henry Hudson |
| Native American group that lived near the coast, in the area around Jamestown, Virginia | Powhatans |
| The Captain started trade relationships with the Powhatans. | John Smith |
| Who is Pocahontas | The daughter of the Chief Powhatan |
| What did Pocahontas believe? | the English and Powhatans could live in harmony and started a friendship with the colonists. |
| What were the new crops the Powhatan's introduced to the English? | Corn and tobacco |
| Where did the Pequot war take place | along the Connecticut River. |
| What year did the Pequot war take place? | 1637 |
| What year did the Pequot war end? | 1638 |
| What war took place in 1675-1676 | King Philip's War |
| What was the name the English called Metacom? | King Philip |
| What was the name of the tribe Metcom was chief of? | Wampanoag |
| About how many people were killed in the King Philip war? | about 600 English and 3000 Native Americans |
| What was an outcome of John Cabot's attempt to find the Northwest Passage? | Cabot was the first European explorer to find North America's mainland. |
| Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean when he crossed what is known today as Panama. This discovery was accidental. What was Balboa hoping to find? | gold |
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