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1 Question #1  I gave the name to the Pacific Ocean.  Magellan

2 Question #2  I sailed for Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.  Columbus

3 Question #3  Most of my crew made it around the world. I died in the Philippines.  Magellan

4 Question #4  I was the first explorer to realize that Columbus and Cabot were incorrect in thinking they found Asia.  Vespucci

5 Question #5  I landed in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador.  Cabot

6 Question #6  My crew traveled over what is now Panama. We found, but did not name, the Pacific Ocean.  Balboa

7 Question #7  When I reached San Salvador in the Caribbean Sea, I enslaved the Indians that were living on that land.  Columbus

8 Question #8  I explored the same area as the Vikings did 500 years earlier.  Cabot

9 Question #9  I had to leave Hispaniola because I was an awful farmer and was indebted to many people.  Balboa

10 Question #10  South America and North America are named after me.  Vespucci

11 Question #11  I gave the name to Florida, meaning “flowery” in Spanish.  Ponce de Leon

12 Question #12  I was the first European to see the Mississippi River.  De Soto

13 Question #13  I named lands claimed by Spanish explorers “New Spain”.  Coronado

14 Question #14  I conquered the Aztec Indian Tribe.  Cortes

15 Question #15  I defeated the Inca Indian Tribe.  Pizarro

16 Question #16  My men claimed most of what is now the southeast part of the United States.  De Soto

17 Question #17  I was in search for the Fountain of Youth.  Ponce de Leon

18 Question #18  I explored the western part of South America.  Pizarro

19 Question #19  I explored the land known as the southwest part of the United States.  Coronado

20 Question #20  On the ruins of Tenochtitlan, I built Mexico City.  Cortes

21 Question #21  Who traveled to Asia, and then wrote a book about his findings?  Marco Polo

22 Question #22  Discuss what NAVIGATION means?

23 Question #23  Name the three ships Columbus sailed on his exploration.

24 Question #24  Why did the Europeans want to travel to Asia?

25 Question #25  Discuss the Vikings exploration.


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