1. Exploration Review

2. What is the best title for this time line?
1536
Jacques Cartier explores the St. Lawrence River
1609
Henry Hudson sails to present-day Albany
1492
Columbus comes to the Americas
1524
Verrazano sails up the present-day Hudson River
1603
Champlain starts the fur trade with Native Americans
European Explorers in North America

3. Find a shorter water route to Asia
One goal of Christopher Columbus, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson was to ________.
Find a shorter water route to Asia

4. These continents had been unknown to the people of Europe
The continents of North America and South America were called the New World by Europeans in the 1600’s because _____________.
These continents had been unknown to the people of Europe

5. Find a faster route to Asia
The main goal for the first Europeans who explored North America was to _____________.
Find a faster route to Asia

6. The explorers would often exchange goods with the Native Americans
The explorers would often exchange goods with the Native Americans. The arrangement is called _____________.
trading

7. Corn, tobacco, and squash
Which group of items did the Native American Indians introduce to Europeans?
Corn, tobacco, and squash

8. Which explorer has a river and bay in New York State named after him?
Henry Hudson

9. Explorers brought products from Europe and traded them with the Native Americans. Then they took the products or plants from the Native Americans back to Europe. This is called the ________.
Columbian Exchange

10. Many Europeans moved to the New World to establish new settlements
Many Europeans moved to the New World to establish new settlements. Which word means the same as the underlined phrase?
migrated

11. This explorer explored around the St
This explorer explored around the St. Lawrence River, named Quebec, and had a lake named after him.
Samuel Champlain

12. What were both Verrazano and Hudson trying to find?
The Northwest Passage

13. Who was the first European explorer to arrive in what is today New York State?
Giovanni da Verrazano

14. Which explorer is credited with “discovering” America, but really was looking for the Indies?
Christopher Columbus

15. Columbus and his crew made an expedition across the ocean
Columbus and his crew made an expedition across the ocean. Which of the following words means the same as expedition?
voyage