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7th grade Social Studies: Age of Exploration - People Flashcards

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Who was the first to sail west and reach east even though he didn’t make it to Asia?

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Christopher Columbus (Spain)

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Who was the second to circumnavigate the world and defeat that Spanish Armada?

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Sir Francis Drake (Great Britain)

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Who explored the full length of Mississippi?

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Robert De La Calle (France)

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First person to realize that North America wasn’t Asia and was a new land.

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Amerigo Vespucci (Spain)

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Who was unsuccessful to find Cibola (7 cities of gold) on his quest?

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Fernando Coronado (Spain)

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The first person to successfully find a water route (NOT NORTHWEST) directly to India.

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Vasco Da Gama (Portugal)

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Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape of Storms?

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Bartolomeu Dias (Portugal)

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Who founded the first PERMANENT English Colony and claimed New England and Virginia?

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John Smith

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Who started the first permanent French settlement (Quebec).

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Samuel De Champlain (France)

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Who was the first person to circumnavigate the earth?

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Ferdinand Magellan (Spain)

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Claimed St. Lawrence for his country.

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Jacques Cartier

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Who claimed Florida?

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Juan Ponce De Leon (Spain)

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Who claimed North Carolina to Maine.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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