Explorers & Where They Explored - USI 4a
Name _____________________________________________ Date ____________
I. Match the explorers to the area they explored.
1. ________ John Cabot
2. ________ Francisco Coronado
3. ________ Samuel de Champlain
4. ________ Robert La Salle
5. ________ Christopher Columbus
6. ________ the Portuguese
a. established the French settlement of Quebec
b. explored the western coast of Africa
c. explored coast along eastern Canada and his explorations were used by England to claim
most of North America
d. explored & claimed for Spain what is now the southwest United States
e. first “discovered” the New World; islands in the West Indies he thought were just off the
coast of India
f. explored and claimed the Mississippi River Valley
II. For each of the following identify the country that they explored for. Write a
S if they were from Spain,
E if they were from England, and
F if they were from France.
1. ________ John Cabot
2. ________ Francisco Coronado
3. ________ Samuel de Champlain
4. ________ Robert La Salle
5. ________ Christopher Columbus
USI 4a