Exploration Review

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Exploration Review
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What is the best title for this time line?
1609 Henry Hudson sails to present-day Albany
1536 Jacques Cartier explores the St. Lawrence
River
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
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One goal of Christopher Columbus, Jacques
Cartier, and Henry Hudson was to ________.
Find a shorter water route to Asia
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The continents of North America and South America
were called the New World by Europeans in the
1600s because _____________.
These continents had been unknown to the people
of Europe
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The main goal for the first Europeans who
explored North America was to _____________.
Find a faster route to Asia
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The explorers would often exchange goods with the
Native Americans. The arrangement is called
_____________.
trading
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Which group of items did the Native American
Indians introduce to Europeans?
Corn, tobacco, and squash
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Which explorer has a river and bay in New York
State named after him?
Henry Hudson
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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
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Many Europeans moved to the New World to
establish new settlements. Which word means the
same as the underlined phrase?
migrated
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This explorer explored around the St. Lawrence
River, named Quebec, and had a lake named after
him.
Samuel Champlain
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What were both Verrazano and Hudson trying to
find?
The Northwest Passage
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Who was the first European explorer to arrive in
what is today New York State?
Giovanni da Verrazano
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Which explorer is credited with discovering
America, but really was looking for the Indies?
Christopher Columbus
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Columbus and his crew made an expedition across
the ocean. Which of the following words means the
same as expedition?
voyage