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Explorers
Question | Answer |
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Who sponsored Christopher Newport? | England |
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus? | Spain |
Who sponsored Jacques Cartier? | France |
Who sponsored Juan Ponce de Leon? | Spain |
Who arrived at present day Jamestown? | Christopher Newport |
Who was searching for the fountain of youth? | Juan Ponce de Leon |
Who explored the St. Lawrence River Valley? | Jacques Cartier |
Who was the first European to land in Florida? | Juan Ponce de Leon |
Who was the first European to discover a sea route to America, discovering the "New World"? | Christopher Columbus |
Whose main reason for exploring was to discover riches and land to conquer? | Juan Ponce de Leon |
Whose main reason for exploring was to colonize Virginia? | Christopher Newport |
Who landed in San Salvador? | Christopher Columbus |
Who gave France a North American claim? | Jacques Cartier |
Who landed in St. Augustine, Florida? | Juan Ponce de Leon |
Who was one of the first men to reach the Fall line of the James River? | Christopher Newport |
Which European explorer did France sponsor? | Jacques Cartier |
Which European explorer did England sponsor? | Christopher Newport |
Which European explorers did Spain sponsor? | Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon |
Whose main purpose for exploring was to colonize the new world? | Jacques Cartier |
Whose main purpose for exploring was to discover riches and land to conquer? | Juan Ponce de Leon |