Flash cards for test over Age of Exploration and Discovery
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| 552033534 | Vasco Nunez de Balboa | He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore. | 0 | |
| 552033535 | John Cabot | He was the first European since the Vikings to explore the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage. | 1 | |
| 552033536 | Jacques Cartier | He discovered the St. Lawrence River, searched for the Northwest Passage, founded the city of Montreal; his explorations served as a b asis for French claims in Canada and led to further French expeditions in Canada. | 2 | |
| 552033537 | Samuel de Champlain | He founded the city of Quebec, the first permanent European settlement in North America, in 1608. | 3 | |
| 552033538 | Christopher Columbus | He was the first European since the Vikings to discover the New World. | 4 | |
| 552033539 | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | He led the first European expedition to the southwestern united States, searching for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. | 5 | |
| 552033540 | Hernando de Cortes | He was a Spanish conquistador who defeated and conquered the Aztec Empire. | 6 | |
| 552033541 | Bartolomeu Dias | He sailed along the west coast of Africa and was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope. | 7 | |
| 552033542 | Sir Francis Drake | He helped defeat the Spanish Armada, and was the first Englishman to sail around the world. | 8 | |
| 552033543 | Vasco da Gama | He was the first to sail from Europe to India. | 9 | |
| 552033544 | Prince Henry the Navigator | He sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa. | 10 | |
| 552033545 | Henry Hudson | He was the first English navigator to cross the Atlantic Ocean (1609); searched for the Northwest Passage; sailed up the Hudson River in New York. | 11 | |
| 552033546 | Louis Joliet | He was the first European to travel down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes. | 12 | |
| 552033547 | René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle | He was the first European to sail down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico; claimed all of the land from the Appalacian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains and all the way from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico for France. | 13 | |
| 552033548 | Ferdinand Magellan | He was the first explorer to lead an expedition around the world. | 14 | |
| 552033549 | Jacques Marquette | He co-led with Louis Joliet the expedition that led to the discovery of the Mississippi River. | 15 | |
| 552033550 | Francisco Pizarro | He conquered the Inca Empire. | 16 | |
| 552033551 | Juan Ponce de Leon | He was the first European to explore Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth. | 17 | |
| 552033552 | Sir Walter Raleigh | He established the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584. | 18 | |
| 552033553 | Hernando de Soto | He led the first expedition across the southeastern united States. | 19 | |
| 552033554 | Amerigo Vespucci | He was the first to recognize that the new lands discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia; North and South America were named after him. | 20 | |
| 552033555 | Spain | For what country did Vasco Nunez de Balboa sail? | 21 | |
| 552033556 | England | For what country did John Cabot sail? | 22 | |
| 552033557 | France | For what country did Jacques Cartier sail? | 23 | |
| 552033558 | France | For what country did Samuel de Champlain sail? | 24 | |
| 552033559 | Spain | For what country did Christopher Columbus sail? | 25 | |
| 552033560 | Spain | For what country did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sail? | 26 | |
| 552033561 | Spain | For what country did Hernando de Cortes sail? | 27 | |
| 552033562 | Portugal | For what country did Bartolomeu Dias sail? | 28 | |
| 552033563 | England | For what country did Sir Francis Drake sail? | 29 | |
| 552033564 | Portugal | For what country did Vasco da Gama sail? | 30 | |
| 552033565 | Portugal | From what country was Prince Henry the Navigator? | 31 | |
| 552033566 | England | For what country did Henry Hudson sail? | 32 | |
| 552033567 | France | For what country did Louis Joliet sail? | 33 | |
| 552033568 | France | For what country did René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle sail? | 34 | |
| 552033569 | Spain | For what country did Ferdinand Magellan sail? | 35 | |
| 552033570 | France | For what country did Jacques Marquette sail? | 36 | |
| 552033571 | Spain | For what country did Francisco Pizarro sail? | 37 | |
| 552033572 | Spain | For what country did Juan Ponce de Leon sail? | 38 | |
| 552033573 | England | For what country did Sir Walter Raleigh sail? | 39 | |
| 552033574 | Spain | For what country did Hernando de Soto sail? | 40 | |
| 552033575 | Spain | For what country did Amerigo Vespucci sail? | 41 |
