Explorers Study Guide
Vocabulary:
Explorer: a person who travels seeking new discoveries
Sponsor: the person or country who pays for the exploration
European: a person from a country located in Europe
Students should be able to identify the country each explorer explored for and where each explorer
landed.
Explorer
Christopher
Columbus
Country
(Sponsor)
Spain
Reason for
Exploring
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To find a
western
sea route
to Asia
Successes/Achievements
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Juan Ponce de
Leon
Spain
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Jacques Cartier
Christopher
Newport
France
England
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To
discover
riches
To
conquer
land
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To
colonize
the new
world
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To
discover
riches
To find a
western
sea route
to Asia
To
colonize
Virginia
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Area Explored
First European to
discover a sea route to
America
Discovered the Western
hemisphere
Landed at San Salvador
San Salvador,
Bahamas
First European to land in
Florida (near St.
Augustine)
Gave Spain a claim to
Florida
St. Augustine, FL
Explored the St.
Lawrence River Valley
(near Quebec, Canada)
Gave France a North
America claim
Quebec, Canada
Arrived at present day
Jamestown
Made four additional
voyages
Brought many people to
Jamestown
One of the first mean to
reach the Fall Line of the
James River
Jamestown, VA
Explorers Study Guide
The routes that each explorer took on their journey:
Impact of European exploration on the American Indians:
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The explorers introduced the American Indians to deadly diseases.
The explorers would settle where they explored which led to the relocation of the
American Indians from their homeland.