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Explorers
Study for Mrs. Vittoria's 5th Grade Explorers test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Erik the Red and Leif Ericson (1000) | Farmland was scarce in Scandanavia. Wanted to find new areas with good farmland. Discovered Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland. |
| Vinland | Known today as Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
| Christopher Columbus (1492) | Wanted to find a shorter sea route from Europe west to Asia |
| Christopher Columbus (1492) | Thought he reached Asia when in fact he discovered the Caribbean |
| John Cabot (aka Giovanni Caboto) (1497) | Wanted to find the gold, riches, and silks of Asia. Worked for England. Found Canada. Became a hero of England and given an english name. Found fish so plentiful he could catch them with a basket. |
| Amerigo Vespucci (1499) | Italian sailor and captain didn't believe Columbus found Asia. In 1499 sailed just south of where Columbus landed and realized he discovered a new continent. |
| Amerigo Vespucci (1501) | Sailed down the coast of South America. |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513) | Spaniard proved Vespucci's idea that Columbus had found a previously uncharted land. |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513) | He and his men landed on the east coast of Panama and marched west across the isthmus to find the Pacific Ocean. |
| Juan Ponce de Leon (1513) | Spaniard sailed with Columbus on his second voyage. |
| Juan Ponce de Leon (1513) | Sailed north from Puerto Rico to land on Florida to look for the Fountain of Youth. |
| Juan Ponce de Leon (1513) | First Spanish Explorer to set foot on what today is the United States |
| Ferdinand Magellan (1519 - 1522) | Thought he could reach Asia by sailing around the southern tip of South America |
| Ferdinand Magellan (1519 - 1522) | First explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean. |
| Ferdinand Magellan (1519 - 1522) | Left with 250 men on 5 ships. At the end, had only 18 men on one ship. He was killed in a battle with natives in the Phillippines in 1521. |
| Hernando Cortes (1519-1536) | Sent by Spain to find the great wealth of the Aztec Empire in Mexico with 650 soldiers and 16 horses |
| Hernando Cortes (1519-1536) | He eventually conquered the Aztecs, stole their gold and destroyed their city. Their city would be rebuilt for Spain as Mexico City |
| Francisco Pizarro (1531 - 1535) | Explored the west coast of South America searching for the riches of the Incan Empire. |
| Francisco Pizarro (1531 - 1535) | Captured the Incan emperor when he refused to convert to Christianity and accept the King of Spain as his ruler. The Spanish then conquered the Incan empire. |
| Jacques Cartier (1534 - 1541) | French Navigator trying to find a northwest passage and search for gold |
| Jacques Cartier (1534 - 1541) | He made 3 voyages for France. He sailed into the St Lawrence River, established relations with the Iroquois and brought corn back to Europe (1st time many had seen corn). |
| Samuel de Champlain (1603-1615) | Went to North America to make maps of the places beavers were found in order to get rich in the fur trade. |
| Samuel de Champlain (1603-1615) | Explored parts of eastern Canada and along the St. Lawrence River. |
| Samuel de Champlain (1603-1615) | Built the first French settlement in North America known as Quebec. |
| Henry Hudson (1609 -1611) | Searched for northwest passage to Asia. |
| Henry Hudson (1609 -1611) | He originally travelled northeast from Holland. His crew forced him to turn back due to frigid conditions and search for the Northwest Passage through North America. |
| Henry Hudson (1609 -1611) | Discovered and named the Hudson River in New York and the Hudson Bay in Canada after himself. |
| Henry Hudson (1609 -1611) | After mutiny on his ship, he and his son and several crew members were set adrift in Hudson Bay never to be seen again. |
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