Early Explorers

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Across
  1. 1. A ______ is a course you take to go somewhere.
  2. 4. Robert de _________ reached the Great Lakes in 1678.
  3. 6. Louis ________ explored the Mississippi River in 1673.
  4. 7. Sir Francis Drake sailed for _________ and claimed what is now California.
  5. 8. The French people settled in _________ City in 1608.
  6. 10. Henry ________ explored what is now called the Hudson River in 1609.
  7. 12. Christopher Columbus and his men affected the existing communities by spreading _____________ to the Taino people on the island called Hispaniola.
Down
  1. 2. An ___________ is a person who travels looking for new lands and discoveries.
  2. 3. Christopher Columbus's other ________ was to find gold, silk, and other riches.
  3. 5. Present day North America and South America are named after the Spanish explorer named ___________ Vespucci.
  4. 9. Christopher _________ tried to sail to China in 1492.
  5. 11. Christopher Columbus's primary reason to explore was to look for a faster route west to get _________.