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WGU -First explorers
WGU - First explorers
Question | Answer |
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Year Columbus left and where he left? | Spain in 1492 |
Ships Columbus took? | Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria |
Who gave Columbus the ships? | Queen Isabella |
Where did Columbus think he landed? | Indies, but it was San Salvador |
Where else did Columbus explore? | Cuba |
What did Vasco Nunez de Balboa explore? | He discovered Pacific Ocean and crossed the isthmus of Panama |
What did Hernan Cortes explore? | He landed in Mexico, and overran the Aztecs |
What did Ferdinand Megellan explore? | He set out on a 3-year voyage around the world |
What did Francisco Pizarro explore? | He subdued the Incas in Peru |
What did Juan Ponce de Leon explore? | He landed in Mainland North America (in Florida) |
What did Hernando de Soto explore? | He traveled from Florida to Carolinas then westward to the Mississippi River |
What did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore? | He traveled north to Kansas, and west of the Grand Canyon |
What was the Treaty of Tordesilla's? | It divided Spain and Portugal land up (New World - Spain, and Africa - Portugal) |
When was the Treaty of Tordesilla's? | 1494 |
Who and When was Cabot? | From England, in 1497, he explore the east coast of North America |
What did da Gama do and When? | In 1498, from Portugal, he sailed around Africa via Cape of Good Hope to India and opened the first all water trade route between Europe and Asia |
Who was Verrzonno? | He was from France and was the first European to sight New York |
Who was Polo? | He was from Italy and he is the one that inspired Columbus with his descriptions of the Far East |