Early Explorers - Academic Challenge Review

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Who started a SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION to help those who wanted to explore new water and land?

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Prince Henry

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I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

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Columbus

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This explorer was a Spanish conquistador who explored the southeastern part of present day United States. He later became known as the FIRST EXPLORER TO SEE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Who is it?

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Hernando de Soto

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This explorer helped others by WRITING A BOOK that later became popular during the Renaissance.

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Marco Polo

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This Italian explorer realized that the lands Columbus found was completely new land. A MAPMAKER NAMED THE LANDS IN HONOR OF HIM.

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Vespucci

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This explorer was the FIRST TO TRAVEL around the southern tip of South America and EVENTUALLY AROUND THE WORLD.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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This explorer believed that he could reach India quicker by SAILING WEST TO GO EAST.

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Christopher Colombus

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He was the explorer in search of the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

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Ponce de Leon

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Which explorer’s route does this represent? Options: Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Vincent De Gama, Hernan Cortez

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Christopher Columbus

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Whose crew was the first to CIRCUMNAVIGATE the globe?

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Magellan