European Explorers
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- Q 1/16Score 0Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach india in 1498?29De SotoDa GamaDiasCortes
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- Q1Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach india in 1498?De SotoDa GamaDiasCortes60s
- Q2English explorer who found a Bay in 1610?HudsonDrakeChamplainFrobisher60s
- Q3English explorer who found a bay in 1576?ChamplainDrakeFrobisherHudson60s
- Q4Spanish conquistador who kidnapped the Montezuma and conquered the Aztecs in 1521?ChaplainDe SotoCortesPizarro60s
- Q5Spanish conquistador explored the American Southeast and was the first to claim the Mississippi River in the 1540's?Ponce de LeonDe SotoCortesCoronado60s
- Q6Spanish conquistador who explored Florida in search of the "Fountain of Youth" in 1513?CortesPonce de LeonDe SotoCoronado60s
- Q7Spanish conquistador who imprisoned Atahualpa the Inca king in 1532 and eventually conquered his empire in Peru?CortesPonce de LeonDe SotoPizarro60s
- Q8French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and established a trading post in Montreal around 1535?CartierChamplainHudsonCortes60s
- Q9French explorer who found Quebec in 1608 and became known as the "Father of New France"?ChamplainCartierVerrazanoDe Soto60s
- Q10Sailed for Spain named the Pascific Ocean and was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1521?PizarroDrakeMagellanCortes60s
- Q11English explorer and pirate second to sail around the world in 1579?MagellanFrobisherChamplainSir Francis Drake60s
- Q12Imaginary route through North America to Japan?Northeast Passage3G'sNorthwest PassageStrait of Magellan60s
- Q13Magellan was killed here?IndonesiaJapanNorth KoreaPhilippines30s
- Q14Where is the dot?North KoreaJapanChinaIndonesia30s
- Q15Columbus stopped here?Canary IslandsIrelandMadagascarTasmania30s
