Explorers

Question 1

Amundsen, Roald

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Norwegian. the first to reach the South Pole and to fly over the North Pole

Question 2

Balboa, Vasco Nunes de

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Spanish. Pacific Ocean

Question 3

Cartier, Jacques

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French St. Lawrence river region

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Cabot, John

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English. Explored North America

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Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de

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Spanish. Mythical city of Cibola, SW region of the US

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Cortes, Hernando

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Spanish. Mexico and Aztec nation

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de Soto, Hernando

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Spanish. Cuba, Florida, SE region of the U.S.

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Diaz, Bartolomeu

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Portuguese. Cape of Good Hope

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Drake, Sir Francis

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British. Circumnavigated the globe; helped defeat the Spanish Armada

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Hudson, Henry

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British. Hudson River, Hudson Bay area

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Magellan, Fernidad

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Portuguese. The first to sail around the world

Question 12

Marquette, Jacques

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French. Discovered the Mississippi

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Peary, Robert E

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American. North Pole

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Pizarro, Franciso

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Spanish. Peru and Inca empire

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Ponce de Leon, Juan

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Spanish. First european explorer in Florida

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Raleigh, Sir Walter

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British. Eastern coast of U.S.

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Scott, Robert

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British. Antartica, South Pole

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Vasquez de Coronado, Franciso

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Spanish. First European to explore Arizona and New Mexicao

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Vespucci, Amerigo

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Italian. America was named after him. First to realize that Americas were a different continent than Asia.