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I did not have a sponsor for my explorations. I found against the Aztecs in Mexico and conquered Montezuma.
Hernan Cortez
Holland (Netherlands) sponsored me but I claimed land for England. I found a waterway and thought it was the Northwest Passage but it was just a river.
Henry Hudson
These two countries fought over what is now called Florida.
Spain and France
Cortez, Coronodo, and de la Salle all were __________ before they were explorers.
Noblemen
I was a young soldier who sailed with Columbus. I would later become the governor of Puerto Rico.
Juan Ponce de leon
I was a French explorer looking for faster routes to Asia. I found the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier
Spain was very eager to find faster routes to the East Indies so they could trade for __________ and _________.
silks and spices
Juan Ponce de leon explored to find the __________________ but he didn't succeed because it didn't exist.
Fountain of Youth
A colony is different from a country because it is. . .
ruled by another country.
I frantically searched the southwestern United States and into what is now Kansas looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.
Francisco Coronado
Robert de la Salle searched this river (largest river in North America) and claimed a huge amount of land for France.
Mississippi River
Name two explorers sponsored by France.
Jacques Cartier and

Robert de la Salle
Name two explorers sponsored by Spain.
Christopher Columbus and
Juan Ponce de Leon