Jeopardy

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Explorer Jeopardy
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You sailed for Who?
Name that explorer
Im going on a trip
Hey, look what I found
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Henry Hudson
I was looking for the Northwest Passage.

• Row 1, Col 1

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water
Christopher Columbus wanted to find a ______
route to Asia.

• 1,2

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Vasco Nunez Balboa
I was the first European to see the Pacific
Ocean.

• 1,3

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Spain
Christopher Columbus

• 1,4

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Christopher Columbus
I made 4 voyages to what I thought was the
Indies, but it turned out to be the New
World.

• 2,1

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Fountain of Youth
Juan Ponce de Leon was looking for this water
that was said to keep you young forever.

• 2,2

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John Cabot
I was the first explorer to sail across the
Atlantic Ocean.

• 2,3

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France
Jacques Cartier

• 2,4

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Vasco Nunez Balboa
I was looking for gold and crossed the Isthmus
of Panama.

• 3,1

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gold and/or silver
The Spanish or the conquistadors were looking
for this to make them rich.

• 3,2

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Jacques Cartier
I explored the St. Lawrence River.

• 3,3

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England
Henry Hudson and John Cabot

• 3,4

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Christopher Columbus
Even though I am Italian I sailed for Spain.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand paid for my
voyages.

• 4,1

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furs
The French explored so they could trade
_______.

• 4,2

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Christopher Columbus
I thought I landed in the Indies and named the
people I saw Indians. I really landed in San
Salvador.

• 4,3

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Spain
Juan Ponce de Leon

• 4,4

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John Cabot
I am Italian, but sailed for England. I was
hired by King Henry VIII. I thought I found the
Asia, but was really in Canada.

• 5,1

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colonies
The English wanted to establish new _______ in
the New World.

• 5,2

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Juan Ponce de Leon
I went to the east coast of Florida.

• 5,3

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Spain
Vasco Nunez Balboa

• 5,4