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Explorers

Let's see if you can remember the five major explorers!

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Christopher Columbus' SponsorSpain
Juan Ponce de Leon's SponsorSpain
Jacques Cartier's SponsorFrance
Samuel de Champlain's SponsorFrance
John Cabot's SponsorEngland
Christopher Columbus' Birth PlaceItaly
What Chris Columbus was looking fora western sea route to Asia
What What Juan Ponce de Leon was looking forriches (gold) and land
What Jacques Cartier was looking fora western route to the Pacific
What Samuel de Champlain wanted to doto colonize the new world
What John Cabot wantedto find a direct route to Asia
Obstacles for Chris Columbussmall ships, disease, poor maps, weather, and a crew that didn't want to be there
Obstacles for Juan Ponce de Leonnatives, poor maps, and weather
Obstacles for Jacques Cartierpoor weather and disease
Obstacles for Samuel de Champlainpoor maps and war with the Iriquois natives
Obstacles for John Cabotsmall ships, poor weather and maps
Christopher Columbus is famous for...being the first European to discover a sea route to the Americas/New World
Juan Ponce de Leon is famous for...discovering St. Augustine, Florida
Jacques Cartier is famous for...discovering the land in Canada that Samuel de Champlain settles later
Samuel de Champlain is famous for...creating the first permanent French settlement at Quebec, Canada
John Cabot is famous for...exploring Newfoundland and claiming North America for England


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