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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who destroyed the Incas? | Francisco Pizarro |
| who destroyed the Aztecs? | Hernán Cortés |
| who set foot on the Americas 500 years before Christopher Columbus? | Leif Eriksson THE VIKING |
| who is the Americas named after? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| who was the man who explored for China? | Zhang He |
| who got eaten be cannibals? | Verrazzano |
| who was Verrazzano's brother? | Giovanni da Verrazzano |
| where did Christopher Columbus actually end up when he landed on "Indonesia"? | around the Caribbean |
| Who sailed completing around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| did Ferdinand Magellan and his crew or just his crew actually make it around the world? | his crew |
| why did Zhang He sail? | to bring more knowledge back to China |
| why is America named after Amerigo Vespucci? | because Amerigo Vespucci figured out that Christopher Columbus was wrong and it was a new land |
| why does't Leif Eriksson get the credit for finding America | because Vikings are bad at keeping records and they did not settle in the "Newfoundland" |
| where did Christopher Columbus thought he found? | Indonesia |