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American Explorers
Facts about the Early American Explorers:Columbus, Balboa,Ponce de Leon, Hudson, Cartier, Cabot, Marco Polo
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Social Studies
4th Grade
11/14/2011

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Year John Cabot was born
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1450
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Place John Cabot born
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Italy
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Country John Cabot sailed for
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King Henry of England
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John Cabot sailed to ... in the year...
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Canada...1497
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John Cabot named his ship ...
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Matthew
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John Cabot moved to England in...
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1495
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John Cabot died in ... because...
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1499
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Year Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born
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1475
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Place Balboa was born
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Spain
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The year 1492
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America

Balboa was 17 years old
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Balboa joined a Spanish expedition to South America at age .... in the year ....
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26 ....1501
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What did Balboa do when he couldn't start a settlement in 1501
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He began raising pigs
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The first Spanish expedition to create a colony in South America was in the year..... with ...... as a stowaway on the ship.
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1509....Balboa and his dog
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The year the Balboa colony in South America burned down
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1510
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Balboa becomes the unofficial governor of ...., a town that he built.
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Darien ( the king did not know)
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Indians told Balboa of a sea on the other side of Panama in the year
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1511
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Balboa led a trip to the sea , climbed a mountain and spotted the Pacific Ocean in the year
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1518
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The king did not like Balboa and appointed .... the governor of Darien in the year...
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Pedro...1513
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Balboa was falsely accused of treason and arrested in the year
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1518
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Balboa and four friends were beheaded
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1519
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Year Marco Polo born and died
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1254-1324
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Place Marco Polo born
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Venice Italy
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What did the Polo's do for a living
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Merchants
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Year Marco Polo and family traveled to China
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1271
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How did Polo's get to China
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walk, wagon, boat, horse
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How many years did it take Marco Polo to get to China
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?
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How old was Marco Polo when he left for China
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?
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What new items in China were new to Marco Polo
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paper money, coal, gun powder, silk
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What was the Silk Road
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China trade routes
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Who was the emperor that Marco and his dad and uncle stay with while in China?
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Kublai Khan
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Year Christopher Columbus was born and died
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Oct 31 1451--May 20 1506
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Place Christopher Columbus was born
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Genoa, Italy
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Who did Columbus first take his plan to and in what year.
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King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth in the year 1486
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Why did Columbus finally get to sail
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The king and queen financed his expedition in 1492 after the Spanish won their war against Muslins.
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What were the names of Columbus's ships
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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Christopher Columbus and his men landed in the present day
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Bahamas and West Indes
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How many voyages did Christopher Columbus take
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4
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What is the route through the Atlantic Ocean between the western hemisphere and eastern hemisphere called
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Columbian Exchange
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What items traveled from west to east via the Columbia Exchange
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beans, potatoes, tomatoes, coco, turkey, corn
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What items traveled from the east to the west via the Columbia Exchange
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small pox, cattle, pigs, sheep, horses
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Who found the Northwest Passage
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Henry Hudson
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Year Henry Hudson born and died
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1560-1611
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Who explored New York area
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Henry Hudson
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Year Jacques Cartier was born and died
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1491 and 1557
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Who was the French explorer that claimed Canada for France
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Jacques Cartier
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What Spanish explorer led the 1st European expedition to Florida
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Year Juan Ponce de Leon born and died
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1474-1521
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Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth
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Juan de Ponce de Leon
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What explorer is given credit for establishing the first "LASTING" relationship between Europe and America
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Christopher Columbus
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Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean
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Vasco Nunez Balboa
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