European Explorers Matching Game Answers

European Explorers

Matching Game Answers

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

Relationship with

Natives

Lasting Legacy

Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

France

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

Francesearched for the

Northwest Passage

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

Francesearched for the

Northwest Passage

established Quebec as a

major fur trading center

Name of Explorer

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For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

Francesearched for the

Northwest Passage

established Quebec as a

major fur trading center

befriended the Huron Indians & helped them fight

the Iroquois

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Samuel de Champlain1567-1635

Francesearched for the

Northwest Passage

established Quebec as a

major fur trading center

befriended the Huron Indians & helped them fight

the Iroquois

established the 1st French colonies in

the New World

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Spain

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Spainsearched for the shortest route to the Indies (& also

gold!)

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Spainsearched for the shortest route to the Indies (& also

gold!)

landed on San Salvador in

Caribbean Sea (even though he thought it was

Asia)

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Spainsearched for the shortest route to the Indies (& also

gold!)

landed on San Salvador in

Caribbean Sea (even though he thought it was

Asia)

captured local Indians & forced them into slavery

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Christopher Columbus1451-1506

Spainsearched for the shortest route to the Indies (& also

gold!)

landed on San Salvador in

Caribbean Sea (even though he thought it was

Asia)

captured local Indians & forced them into slavery

1st European since Vikings to set foot

on mainland America

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Spain

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Spain searching for the 7 golden cities

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Spain searching for the 7 golden cities

explored the United States’

Southwest

Name of Explorer

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For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Spain searching for the 7 golden cities

explored the United States’

Southwest

tried to force the natives to convert to Christianity in

missions

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Coronado 1510-1554

Spain searching for the 7 golden cities

explored the United States’

Southwest

tried to force the natives to convert to Christianity in

missions

1st European to explore the United States’ Southwest

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547Spain

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered Tenochtitlan, the

Aztec capital

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered Tenochtitlan, the

Aztec capital

killed the emperor Montezuma &

wiped out thousands of

natives

Name of Explorer

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For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Hernando Cortes

1485-1547Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered Tenochtitlan, the

Aztec capital

killed the emperor Montezuma &

wiped out thousands of

natives

claimed Mexico for Spain

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521 Spain

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521 Spain searching for the

Fountain of Youth

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521 Spain searching for the

Fountain of Youthclaimed Florida for Spain & named it

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521 Spain searching for the

Fountain of Youthclaimed Florida for Spain & named it

murdered by natives who shot

him with a poisoned arrow

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Ponce de Leon1460-1521 Spain searching for the

Fountain of Youthclaimed Florida for Spain & named it

murdered by natives who shot

him with a poisoned arrow

1st European to set foot in United

States’ continental Southeast

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Leif Ericson980-1020

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Leif Ericson980-1020 Iceland

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Leif Ericson980-1020 Iceland searching for land

to settle

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Leif Ericson980-1020 Iceland searching for land

to settle

explored Greenland, Labrador, &

Newfoundland

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Leif Ericson980-1020 Iceland searching for land

to settle

explored Greenland, Labrador, &

Newfoundland

fled Newfoundland after only two

years because of conflicts with

natives

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Leif Ericson980-1020 Iceland searching for land

to settle

explored Greenland, Labrador, &

Newfoundland

fled Newfoundland after only two

years because of conflicts with

natives

1st European to ever sail to North

America

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541Spain

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

Relationship with

Natives

Lasting Legacy

Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

Relationship with

Natives

Lasting Legacy

Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered the Incan empire & its leader, Atahualpa

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered the Incan empire & its leader, Atahualpa

killed the leader Atahualpa & wiped out thousands of

natives

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

Relationship with

Natives

Lasting Legacy

Francisco Pizarro

1478-1541Spain

searched for treasures, like silver & gold

conquered the Incan empire & its leader, Atahualpa

killed the leader Atahualpa & wiped out thousands of

natives

founded Spanish settlements in

Peru

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618England

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618England searched for land

to settle

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618England searched for land

to settle

tried to start a colony called

Roanoke Island

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618England searched for land

to settle

tried to start a colony called

Roanoke Island

natives welcomed the settlers & gave

them traps for catching fish

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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Sir Walter Raleigh

1554-1618England searched for land

to settle

tried to start a colony called

Roanoke Island

natives welcomed the settlers & gave

them traps for catching fish

claimed land in Virginia for England

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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John Smith1580-1631

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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John Smith1580-1631 England

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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John Smith1580-1631 England searched for land

to settle

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

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John Smith1580-1631 England searched for land

to settlefounded

Jamestown

Name of Explorer

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Why He Explored

What He Did

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John Smith1580-1631 England searched for land

to settlefounded

Jamestown

many natives thought they would sooner let him die

than trade with them—he had to persuade them to

help

Name of Explorer

Country He Explored

For

Why He Explored

What He Did

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Natives

Lasting Legacy

John Smith1580-1631 England searched for land

to settlefounded

Jamestown

many natives thought they would sooner let him die

than trade with them—he had to persuade them to

help

established the 1st permanent English settlement in North

America

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Q: List the motives of the following explorers.

A: Smith - Cartier -Pizarro -