Early European Explorers

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I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I was the first to step foot on what is today U.S.A. soil.

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de Leon

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Who believed they could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 and asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for their journey?

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Columbus

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Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages? Options: To search for gold and riches, To make friends with the Native Americans, To spread their religion, The explorers want to become famous.

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To make friends with the Native Americans

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Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.

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the Bahamas

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______________ was kicked off his boat by his crew and was never heard from again.

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Henry Hudson

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Which of the following is an obstacle faced by the early explorers? bad weather, no maps, ran out of supplies, all of the above

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all of the above

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The explorer whose crew were the first to ever circumnavigate the world

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Ferdinand Magellan

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The person who arrived in what is now Mexico and conquered the Aztecs

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Hernan Cortes

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The Atlantic trade system that sent livestock, enslaved people, and unintentional diseases to the Americas, and food and other resources to Europe, was called

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The Columbian Exchange

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The people who were interested in claiming and exploring land, searching for gold and the fountain of youth, spreading Christianity to natives, and who forced Native Americans to work for them

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The Spanish Conquistadors