This explorer was from Portugal but sailed for Spain in 1519. He sailed down the east coast of South America and found the Pacific Ocean on the other side.
Samuel de Champlain
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
15
The transfer/trading of plants, animals and diseases between Europe and the Americas which started because of Christopher Columbus' explorations.
Reasons for Exploration
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
Asia
15
This explorer was from Italy but sailed for France. He sailed up the Atlantic coastline from the Carolinas to Newfoundland. He explored the New York Harbor in 1524.
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Giovanni da Verrazano
15
This explorer was from England but sailed for the Dutch. He sailed in search for the Northwest Passage but discovered the Hudson Bay and sailed up the Hudson River.
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
15
This explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 using three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He made 4 trips to the New World and still believed he had found a new route to Asia when he died.
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
15
This is the continent the European explorers were trying to find a shorter route to.
Columbian Exchange
Asia
Northwest Passage
Reasons for Exploration
15
The water route that many explorers believed would connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (it didn't really exist)
Reasons for Exploration
Asia
Columbian Exchange
Northwest Passage
15
This explorer sailed for France and traveled up the St. Lawrence River. He founded the colony of Quebec. Lake Champlain is named after him.
Samuel de Champlain
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
15
This explorer sailed for Spain in 1501 and sailed to the coast of South America. He believed he found a New World NOT Asia. America is named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
15
The group of people who set out to find Greenland but found North America by mistake.
The Vikings
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
15
This explorer was from Italy but sailed for England in 1497. He traveled along the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. His voyages became the basis for England's claim to land in North America.
Henry Hudson
Giovanni da Verrazzano
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
15
To spread Christianity (GOD), to claim land for the home country (GLORY), and to find riches (GOLD)
