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Explorers Pre-Test
Identify the three main reasons sailors went on expeditions and voyages.
(Hint: the 3 Gs)
1.______________________, 2._____________________, and 3.___________________
4. Explain in your own words what the European countries were hoping to
be the first through the voyages of the explorers they sponsored. (Hint: it
doesnt actually exist).
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Use the word bank below to fill in the blank. You may use a name more than
once.
Columbus
Hudson

Balboa
Cartier

Ponce de Leon

Cabot

5. ____________________________ was the first to find the land we now call the
Americas.
6. ____________________________ named Canada.
7. ____________________________ was the first explorer to find the land we call
Canada.
8. ____________________________ was the first explorer to find the continental
United States and named the state of Florida.
9. ____________________________ was the first explorer to see the Pacific
Ocean.
10. ____________________________ explored the St. Lawrence River.
11. ____________________________ discovered 3 bodies of water which are
named for him.
12. ____________________________ was searching for gold and the Fountain of
Youth.

13. ____________________________ died thinking he had landed in India.

14. ____________________________ was mutinied against by his crew members
and left on a small boat never to be seen or heard from again.
15. ____________________________s discovery allowed England to start
successful fishing companies.