The Exploration of the Americas

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The Exploration of the Americas

• Grade 3
• SOL- 3.3
• Created By
• Kim Smith

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The first Explorers had different motivations,
had different sponsors, and met different
successes.

1. True
2. False

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What does EXPLORER mean?

1. A person from one of the countries in Europe.
2. A person who travels seeking new discoveries.
3. A person that reads all he can to find new places
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What is a EUROPEAN?

1. A person from America.
2. A person from Australia.
3. A person from one of the countries in Europe.

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Which two explores were from Spain?

1. Jacques Cartier, Christopher Newport
2. Christopher Newport, Christopher Columbus
3. Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus

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Which explorer was from France?

1. Christopher Newport
2. Jacques Cartier
3. Christopher Columbus

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Which explorer was from England?

1. Jacques Cartier
2. Christopher Newport
3. Christopher Columbus

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Which explorer went to find a western sea route
to Asia?

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Christopher Newport
3. Jacques Cartier

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Which explorer wanted to discover riches and land
to conquer?

1. Juan Ponce de Leon
2. Christopher Newport
3. Jacques Cartier

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Which explorer wanted to colonize the New World?

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Christopher Newport
3. Jacques Cartier

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Which explorer wanted to discover riches, to find
a western sea route to Asia, and to colonize
Virginia?

1. Christopher Newport
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Juan Ponce de Leon

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Who was the first European to land in Florida and
gave Spain claim to it?

1. Christopher Newport
2. Juan Ponce de Leon
3. Jacques Cartier

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Who was the first European to discover a sea
route to America, he also discovered the New
World.

1. Juan Ponce de Leon
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Christopher Newport

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Who was the first to explore the St. Lawrence
River Valley and gave France a North American
claim?

1. Christopher Newport
2. Jacques Cartier
3. Christopher Columbus

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Who was the first to arrive at present day
Jamestown made four additional voyages bringing
more people to Jamestown was one of the first
men to reach the Fall Line of the James River?

1. Christopher Newport
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Captain John Smith

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