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Explorer Facts Quiz 3
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History
5th Grade
11/02/2009

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Balboa
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the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean
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Pizarro
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Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru
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Magellan
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a Portuguese explorer who tried to circumnavigate the world but was killed in the Philippine Islands
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Hudson
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an explorer who sailed for both the English and Dutch in search for a Northwest Passage through North America
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Verrazano
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an Italian explorer who sailed for France along the Atlantic Coast of North America
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Cartier
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a French explorer who explored the Saint Lawrence region of Canada
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De Soto
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a Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River
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Coronado
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a Spanish explorer who traveled in the Southwest and discovered the Grand Canyon
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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an agreement that split the world in two between Spain and Portugal
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astrolabe
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an important navigational tool used in the 15th century
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