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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