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26 Cards in this Set
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To encourage someone to do something.
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motivation
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To do with or from Europe.
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European
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To give money or support to people who are doing something worthwhile.
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sponsor
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A person who travels in order to discover what a place is like.
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explorer
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Who was the first European to reach the Americas in 1492?
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Christopher Columbus
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What country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage?
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Spain
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Why did Christopher Columbus sail west?
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To find a western route to Asia and the Far East.
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Where did Columbus land?
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an island he named San Salvador.
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Who is remembered as Spain's first new world explorer?
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Christopher Columbus
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Name the Spanish explorer that was sent to find gold and precious jewels and to colonize the new land.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Name the Spanish explorer that discovered Florida.
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Juan Ponce de Leon.
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What country sponsored Juan Ponce de Leon's explorations?
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Spain
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What was Ponce de Leon looking for when he discovered Florida?
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gold, jewels, and the Fountain of Youth
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What is the oldest city in the United States of America?
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St. Augustine, Florida
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What country sponsored Jacques Cartier's
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France
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Why did King Francis I send Cartier to search the waters beyond Newfoundland?
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To find a northwest passage through North America to Asia.
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Where did Cartier explore?
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What is now the St. Lawrence River and Quebec.
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Who is remembered as France's first New World explorer?
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Jacques Cartier
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What country sponsored Christopher Newport's explorations?
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England
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Why did England send Christopher Newport to the New World?
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to establish a colony, search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and find riches.
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Who was the first European to reach the Fall Line in what is now Virginia?
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Christopher Newport
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Who is remembered as the explorer who delivered colonists to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
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Christopher Newport
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Name the European countries that sent explorers to the New World.
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Spain, France, and England
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What is the name of the first French settlement in the New World?
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Quebec
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Why was everyone looking for a western route to Asia.
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To make trading goods easier.
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Name the king and queen of Spain that first sponsored Columbus's voyage.
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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