Complete the questions below for World History, Exploration. You will work with a partner, so make sure both of you type your names in the blanks.
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1. In the 1400's, Portuguese explorers set out to find a new trade route to Select Answer Below Incas Asia Northwest Passage
2. Select Answer Below Henry Hudson Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan of Portugal reached Asia by sailing around Africa.
3. Select Answer Below Jacques Cartier John Cabot Christopher Columbus hoped to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic.
4. Columbus did not reach Asia, but he discovered Select Answer Below Asia The Americas Northwest Passage
5. Sailors under Select Answer Below Ferdinand Magellan Christopher Columbus Henry Hudson were the first to sail around the world.
6. Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztecs and Select Answer Below Indians Incas Mexicans in America.
7. The voyages of Select Answer Below Vasco da Gama John Cabot Christopher Columbus gave England a claim to lands in North America.
8. In the 1500s, explorers from England, France, and the Netherlands looked for the Select Answer Below Southern Passage Spanish Passage Northwest Passage to Asia.
9. Select Answer Below Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson John Cabot explored the St. Lawrence River for France.
10. Select Answer Below Christopher Columbus Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson explored present-day New York for the Netherlands.
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11. European nations built overseas empires to Select Answer Below spread democracy to the Indians find riches and raw materials. increase trade.
12. The Portuguese built Select Answer Below a trading empire in Asia. fur trading posts in Canada. a colony in Brazil.
13. Spanish settlers Select Answer Below brought Spanish culture to America. gave up their Spanish way of life in America. forced the Indians to work for them.
14. Catholic missionaries from Spain Select Answer Below became Protestants in America. built missions in America. tried to help the Indians.
15. England's defeat of the Spanish Armada Select Answer Below kept England a Protestant country. helped to make England a sea power. gave England control of Spain's empire in America.
16. England's empire in America was Select Answer Below begun by trading companies. made up of 13 colonies and several Caribbean islands. centered around Quebec in Canada.
17. The Netherlands Select Answer Below had no overseas empire. took over Portugal's Asian empire built New Netherland in America.
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18. Select Answer Below Vasco da Gama Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Henry Hudson is the explorer that I learned the most about. I learned.
19. Name 3 famous explorers and the lands that they explored.
20. In your opinion, who discovered America? Who deserves credit for this discovery?