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European Explorers
Dates, purposes, sponsors, obstacles, and achievements
Question | Answer |
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Who was John Cabot's sponsor? | England |
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa's sponsor? | Spain |
Who paid for, sponsored, Juan Ponce de Leon's expedition? | Spain |
Who was Christopher Columbus's sponsor? | Spain |
Who sponsored Henry Hudson? | Netherlands |
For what country did Jacques Cartier explore? | France |
Which two explorers faced the challenge of not having maps? | John Cabot and Christopher Columbus |
With what group of natives did both Balboa and de Leon fight? | Native Americans |
Whose crew mutinied against him, set him adrift in a small boat, and was never heard from again? | Henry Hudson |
Whose sailors caught disease? | Jacques Cartier |
What continent did Hudson, Cartier, Columbus, and Cabot want to get to? | Asia |