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2. This explorer said he found a water route to Asia, but really went to North America.

3. Who is Christopher Columbus?

4. This explorer was the first European to see the Mississippi River.

5. Who is Hernando de Soto?

6. This explorer was the first to sail around the globe.

7. Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

8. This explorer was the first to sail from Portugal to India and back.

9. Who is Vasco da Gama?

10. This explorer started a settlement in Northern Canada called Vinland.

11. Who is Leif Eriksson?

12. Columbus is from this country.

13. What is Italy?

14. The name of the 3 ships sailing with Columbus.

15. What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?

16. The year Columbus sailed.

17. What is 1492?

18. Columbus sailed for this country.

19. What is Spain?

20. Length of time Columbus spent at sea.

21. What is two months?

22. Most explorers were searching for this

23. What is a water route to Asia?

24. Explorers were seeking these three things.

25. What are God, Glory, and Gold?

26. John Cabot promised this to the King of England.

27. What are any lands he found?

28. This explorer believed he could sail across North America and get to Asia.

29. Who is Robert La Salle?

30. This explorer sailed up the Hudson river for the Dutch.

31. Who is Henry Hudson?

32. Sailed 1,000 years ago.

33. Who is Leif Eriksson?

34. Sailed first for Portugal.

35. Who is Bartolomeu Dias?

36. Sailed around the world in 1519.

37. Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

38. English explorer that sailed in 1497.

39. Who is John Cabot?

40. It took this explorer two years (1497-1499) to sail to India and back.

41. Who is Vasco da Gama?