
European Exploration of North America
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This explorer took Chief Vitachuco and the Lady of Cofitachequi prisoner. He was also the conquistador who found a member of the Navaraez expedition named Juan Ortiz.
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Hernando de Soto
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This explorer was one of the first Europeans to lead an expedition to find a Northwest Passage, and he explored an area that today is Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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John Cabot
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This explorer traveled through the Southwest, came across a Zuni village, and was the first known European to see the Grand Canyon.
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This explorer was searching for a Northwest Passage and explored the area that is today the state of New York.
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Henry Hudson
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Who is the explorer that legend has it may have searched for a Fountain of Youth and explored the Florida Peninsula and the Gulf Stream?
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This explorer set sail in 1492, a year that changed the world.
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Christopher Columbus
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This French explorer mapped the area he called "New France" in present-day Canada and made alliances, or agreements, with native tribes to help defend both the natives and the European settlers.
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Samuel de Champlain
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