I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus.  I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.

• Vespucci
• Cabot
• Erickson
• Balboa

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

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

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Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To serarch for gold and riches
• To omake friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• The explorerers want to become famous.

_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Vasco Nunez Balboa
• Jacques Cartier

The City of Gold was not just a myth for this explorer, he thought he could find it in the American Southwest!

• Cabral
• Ponce de Leon
• Francisco Vasquez de Coranado
• Cabeza 

Who explored the Mississippi River Valley?

• Cabot
• Champlain
• Coronado
• LaSalle

Who established Quebec?

• Cabot
• Champlain
• Coronado
• LaSalle

Which explorer was from Spain?

• Cabot 
• Champlain
• Coronado
• LaSalle

Which explorer was from England?

• Cabot
• Champlain
• Coronado
• LaSalle

Which explorer along with La Salle was from France?

• Cabot
• Champlain
• Coronado