Explorers
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- Q1Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec in MexicoHernan Cortes30s
- Q2his maps and sketches were used to help him name the "New World" (The Americas)Amerigo Vespucci30s
- Q3Circumnavigated the world and proved the earth was roundFerdinand Magellan30s
- Q4Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in PeruFrancisco Pizarro30s
- Q5sent by England to explore a northwestern route to the Indies and found Nova Scotia and NewfoundlandJohn Cabot30s
- Q61st European to sail a sea route to IndiaVasco de Gama30s
- Q7Portuguese explorer caught in a storm at the southern tip of AfricaBartolomeu Dias30s
- Q8Portuguese explorer who started a school for navigationPrince Henry the Navigator30s
- Q9Explored the New York/New Jersey shoreline for the EnglishHenry Hudson30s
- Q10"Discovered" the island San SalvadorChristopher Columbus30s
- Q11Explored Canada and claimed it for the FrenchJaques Cartier30s
- Q12Discovered the New York BayGiovanni da Verrazano30s
- Q13First Englishman to circumnavigate the worldSir Francis Drake30s
- Q14Aztec leader when the Spanish arrived in MexicoMontezuma30s
- Q15Explorer who landed on the Isthmus of PanamaVasco Nunez de Balboa30s