1. Explorer Review

2. Who wrote a book about his travels to China and encouraged many to want to travel there too?

3. What was the name of the ancient land route that went from Italy to China?

4. Who started a school for navigation which led to improved ships, technology, and maps ?

5. What European group reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

6. Which direction did Christopher Columbus sail to try to reach Asia?

7. Which European nation sponsored Columbus’ trip?

8. Columbus thought he reached the Indies off the coast of Asia, but what did he actually reach instead?

9. Which explorer realized that Columbus reached a new continent that was previously not known?

10. Which explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama connecting North and South American and reached the Pacific Ocean?

11. Which explorer led the first expedition to sail around the world?

12. Which explorer conquered Puerto Rico and later named and claimed Florida for Spain while he was searching for the Fountain of Youth?

13. Who defeated the Aztecs?

14. Who defeated the Incas?

15. What were Verrazano, Cartier and Hudson all searching for in North America?

16. What happened during Hudson’s last voyage?

17. Who explored much of the southwestern United States and claimed the land for Spain?

18. Who explored and claimed land for Holland areas near present day New York in the northeast United States?

19. Who explored and claimed much of the southeastern United States for Spain?

20. What were John Cabot’s major accomplishments?