Twenty Questions

Subject: Explorers Ch 5

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1. How long did Henry Hudson travel?

1 year

2. Who came with Columbus on his second voyage to the New World?

Juan Ponce de Leon

3. True or False: Jacques Cartier was a sailor.

True

4. Where did Robert de la Salle make his settlement?

On the Mississippi River, he called it Louisiana

5. True or False: Jacques Cartier spread diseases to the Native Americans.

False He claimed land for France and started a

settlement called New France.

6. True or False:Henry Hudson traveled for 1 year.

True

7. True or False:Jacques Cartier sailed for 1 year.

False He traveled for 8 years

8. The Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean, Central and South America were known as...

Conquistadors

9. Sicknesses that European explorers brought with them and infected/killed Native Americans were called…

Contagious diseases

10. The shortcut to Asia through North American that no explorer ever found was the...

Northwest Passage

11. What do we call North America when we refer to the Age of Exploration?

The New World

12. The Caribbean islands like Cuba and Puerto Rico were also called…

West Indies

13. Where did most explorers who arrived at islands like Cuba or Puerto Rico think they were arriving?

East Indies of Asia

14. Who was searching for the Seven Cities of Gold?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

15. Who went the New World in search of the mythical “fountain of youth”?

Juan Ponce de Leon

16. Which explorer tried to conquer the Aztec Empire?

Henan Cortes

17. A large river and a bay in Canada are named after this explorer.

Henry Hudson

18. True or False:The east coast of Canada is an area that was explored by Jacques Cartier.

True

19. Robert de la Salle entered North America by this gulf…

the Gulf of Mexico

20. True or False:You will pass this test.

Of course you will!

Study some and good luck!!