2. Need for resources
Find gold
More land
Find faster route to India & China
Spread Christianity

3. Sailors & warriors from Scandinavia
1st Europeans in North America
Reached New Foundland, Canada, 932 C.E.
Found grapes, timber, furs
Quit coming around 1010

5. Italian sent by Spain
Tried to reach Asia
Landed in the Caribbean islands in 1492
Made 4 total voyages
Claimed land for Spain

6. Italian sent by England
Looked for route to Asia
Explored the coast of New Foundland, Canada in 1497
Claimed land for England
Made 3 voyages across the Atlantic

7. Italian navigator on Spanish ship
Wrote a popular book about travels
North & South America were named for him

8. Spanish explorer
Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513
1st European to reach the Pacific through the New World

9. French explorer
Sailed up St. Lawrence River looking for a NW Passage
Named & claimed Canada for France
Made 3 voyages to explore Canada

10. Spanish explorer & governor of Puerto Rico
Searched for a mythical “Fountain of Youth”
Claimed Florida for Spain in 1513

11. Spanish conquistador
Conquered the Aztecs in
Claimed Mexico for Spain

12. Spanish explorer & conquistador
Searched for the mythical “7 Cities of Gold”
1st European to see the Grand Canyon & American southwest
Claimed land north of Mexico for Spain

13. Englishman who sailed for the English and Dutch, 1609-1611
Claimed Hudson River and modern NY for Dutch
Claimed Hudson Bay area for England

14. French explorer
Explored & established forts from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River
Claimed Louisiana for France