Spanish Explorers

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French exploration in the Americas focused on:

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Canada

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Dutch explorer Henry Hudson named the Hudson River and Hudson Bay after himself.

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True

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By 1615, 90% of Native Americans were wiped out by diseases like smallpox.

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True

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Spanish explorers discovered the Grand Canyon, Florida, Mexico, and the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

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True

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Nina and Pinta, Columbus's ships, were small, fast Caravels designed for small seas, not the Ocean.

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True

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French explorations focused on South America, Mexico, Panama, and Belize.

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False

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Samuel De Champlain built a fort in modern Quebec, Canada.

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True

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French and Dutch explorers found wealth in the Fur Trade, unlike the Spanish who found gold and silver.

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True

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In the early 16th century (1502-1540), Spanish explorers went ________ across the Americas.

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CRAZY

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Columbus didn't discover America; millions lived there, Leif Erikson visited 500 years earlier, and artifacts suggest Phoenician visits before Jesus.

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True