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27 Cards in this Set
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Spain
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What country did Christopher Columbus go out looking for land for?
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Cuba, Hispainol, Bahamas
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What areas did Christopher Columbus explore?
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Spread Religion, Find Gold and Spices, Claim land for Spain
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What was three reasons Christopher Columbus went to explore?
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Sail without a map, many crew members wanting to turn around and go back, adapt to physical environment
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What obstacles did Christopher Columbus encounter?
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claimed more land for Spain, brought new crops and animals to western hemisphere
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What did Christopher Columbus accomplish?
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Spanish explorer
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Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
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Panama in Central America, crossed mountains and jungles to reach the Pacific Ocean
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What areas did Vasco Nunez de Balboa explore?
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find new land (settlements) for Spanish to explore, to find a quick route to the Pacific Ocean
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What was Vasco Nunez de Balboa's reason for exploration?
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Fought native americans
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What obstacles did Vasco Nunez de Balboa encounter?
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sailed to present day panama, crossed Panama by land and was first European to cross the world
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What did Vasco Nunez de Balboa accomplish?
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the coast of Florida
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What area did Juan Ponce de Leon explore?
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to find gold and the "fountain of youth"
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What reason did Juan Ponce de Leon have for Exploration, what was his motivation?
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fought with Native Americans
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What kind of obstacles did Juan Ponce de Leon encounter?
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he was the first European to reach Florida.
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What did Juan Ponce de Leon accomplish?
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France
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Who did Jacques Cartier sail for? (what country)
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he discovered the St Lawrence River in Canada
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What area did Jacques Cartier explore?
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find a water route to Asia
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What reasons did Jacques Cartier have for Explorations?
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Sailors caught diseases called scurvy
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What obstacles did Jacques Cartier encounter?
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sailed over 1,000 miles across St. Lawrence River
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What accomplishments did Jacques Cartier have?
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claimed New Foundland
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What areas did John Cabot explore?
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John Cabot wanted to reach Asia and find the North West passage
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What reasons did John Cabot have for Exploration (his motivation)?
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No map and the cold rough seas
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What obstacles did John Cabot encounter?
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he claimed Newfoundland, landed on the eastern coast of Canada where fish were at, other Europeans were sent there to start fishing companies
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What accomplishments did John Cabot have?
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Hudson River in present day New York
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What areas did Henry Hudson explore?
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To discover the northwest passage to Asia
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What motivated Henry Hudson to explore (reasons for exploration)?
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crew mutinied in the cold climate
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What obstacles did Henry Hudson encounter?
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Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River and made a detailed account of his journey
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What did Henry Hudson accomplish?
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