European Exploration of North America

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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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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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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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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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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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This explorer set sail in 1492, a year that changed the world.

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Christopher Columbus

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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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The explorer sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

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Christopher Columbus

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Which city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in North America settled by Europeans?

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St. Augustine

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Which of the following words means "conqueror" and describes someone who traveled to North, Central, and South America to look for wealth, conquer the native peoples, and take over the land?

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