European Explorers

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Columbus never believed he discovered a new land, but ___ was one of the first explorers to believe it was.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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___ was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean in the Western Hemisphere.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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The ___ Exchange was when people, ideas, and products were brought from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere and from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Columbian

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Hernan Cortes fought against

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the Aztecs in Mexico.

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Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

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Coronado

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A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a

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conquistador

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The European explorers were searching for a shorter route to ___.

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Asia

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What country did both John Cabot & Henry Hudson sail for? Options: Spain, France, England

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England

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This Spanish explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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First explorer to circumnavigate the world

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Magellan