<p> Explorers Scavenger Hunt http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/explorersflash2.htm </p><p>1.) What were two reasons why Vasco Nunez de Balboa was important? </p><p>* </p><p>* </p><p>2.) Sir Francis Drake was the first explorer to ______. </p><p>3.) Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail from______to ______. </p><p>4.) Samuel de Champlain started the first French settlement in the New World at ______. </p><p>5.) What were three things spices were used for? </p><p>* </p><p>* </p><p>* </p><p>6.) What did Francisco Coronado find when searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola? </p><p>7.) What were some of the new products or items that Marco Polo discovered during his trip along to Silk Road to China? </p><p>8.) What was the Northwest Passage? Why were so many explorers searching for it? Name______Hr______</p><p>Legends, Destinations, and Goals – PART 1 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/legends.htm </p><p>1.) What were some of the products that Marco Polo described on his trip along the Silk Road to China? </p><p>2.) Why did European rulers begin to abandon the idea of obtaining spices along the Silk Road? </p><p>3.) How did Spanish explorers trick native peoples into converting to Christianity? </p><p>4.) Describe why explorers were interested in the Northwest Passage and how exploration of such a passage might be more successful today. </p><p>5.) What were some of the challenges, hazards, and problems on the ship during explorations across oceans? Name______Hr______</p><p>Legends, Destinations, and Goals – PART 2 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/legends.htm </p><p>1.) Describe Coronado’s unsuccessful search for the Seven Cities of Cibola. What did he find in his search? </p><p>2.) What did Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon spend five years searching for? What did he discover during this time? </p><p>3.) What do you think would be scarier, the Kraken or the Sea Bishop? Why? Draw each below. </p><p>4.) Why do you think explorers and their crews believed that St. Elmo’s fire was a divine sign? </p><p>5.) Why did the Queen of Spain demand that Queen Elizabeth behead Sir Francis Drake? </p>