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European Explorers
Dates, purposes, sponsors, obstacles, and achievements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |