Explorers Flashcard

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Who is famous for leading the first European explorations to Florida?

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Juan Ponce de León

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Which explorer claimed the land that is now Canada for France?

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Jacques Cartier

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Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate, or sail around, the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Which explorer led to the fall of the Inca Empire?

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Francisco Pizarro

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Who explored what is now the southwestern United States?

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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

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Which explorer hoped to find the Fountain of Youth?

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Juan Ponce de León

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Who sailed through a strait in South America to the Pacific Ocean?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Who founded the first Spanish settlement in modern-day Peru?

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Francisco Pizarro

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Who renamed the area Mexico and governed it for Spain?

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Hernán Cortés

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Who explored North America since the Vikings explored hundreds of years earlier?

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John Cabot