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European Explorers of Yester-Year!
European Explorers of Yester-Year!
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European Explorers and the lands they explored and claimed.
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Henry Hudson was best known for . . .
raiding the Aztecs.
his endorsement of the Hudson automobile.
his "discovery" of two bodies of water later named after him.
sailing around the world in 80 days.
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Credited with purchasing Manhattan from local Native Americans = 60 German gold coins called guilders/
$24 in American $
Peter Minuit
Henry Hudson
Francisco Pizzaro
Charles Manhattan
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Hernan Cortez was known for . . .
"purchasing" Manhattan from a Native-American tribe in 1626.
rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
naming “Virginia” in honour of the virgin queen,
conquering the Aztec Empire.
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He helped usher in both the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic enslaved people trade
Prince Henry the Navigator
Pedro Cabral
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Samuel de Champlain was known as . . .
"Man of Many Worlds"
"Champagne Connoisseur"
“Father of New France”
"Man without a Country"
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He invested in a number of expeditions across the Atlantic, attempting to establish a colony near Roanoke.
Jacque de Soto
Walter Raleigh
Francis Cartier
Hernando Drake
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Jacque Cartier
was the first Spanish explorer to claim Florida for Spain.
the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River.
discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the isthmus of Panama.
conquered the Aztecs.
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Ferdinand Magellan
was the first European to discover and explore North America.
was an explorer for the country of France.
patented the "Magellan" GPS device.
was the first European to circumnavigate the globe.
9
Spanish conqueror known for conquering the Inca Empire is . . .
Jacque Cartier
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Samuel de Champlain
Francisco Pizzaro
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He went searching for the "Fountain of Youth".
Walter Raleigh
Juan Ponce de León
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
11
A conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River was -
Walter Raleigh
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Hernando de Soto
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Francis Drake was the first Spanish explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
False
True
13
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca spent 8 years exploring the territory of . . .
the Aztecs
the Mississippi
the Incas
the Gulf region of present-day Texas.
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John Cabot
He established the slave trade route in Africa.
He discovered lands in modern day Mexico.
Explored the New World where today's Florida is located.
This explorer made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia
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Bartolomeu Dias
He created the first european settlement in South America.
He led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
He explored and created maps for the central territory of the New World.
He helped Cortez conquer the Aztecs.
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The first people of European descent to explore the central parts of the Mississippi in 1673.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Pedro Cabral
Marquette and Joliet
Samuel de Champlain
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This explorer was known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
Hernan Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
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He was a Spanish conquistador who famously discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the isthmus of Panama.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Jacque Cartier
Peter Minuit
Hernando de Soto
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Brazil was "discovered" in 1500, when a fleet commanded by a Portuguese diplomat, on its way to India, landed there.
Marquette and Joliet
Francisco Pizzaro
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
He discovered physical landmarks such as the Grand Canyon.
He searched for gold laden cities by India.
He searched for the passage to Asia through the northern regions.
He established a colony in South America.
