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The oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States?

St. Augustine

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The famous work Description of the World was about whose adventures?

Marco Polo

100

Italian explorer who sailed for Spain

Christopher Columbus

100

Because long Canadian winters reduced farming capacity, what became a profitable business activity of Frenchmen?

Fur trading

100

Italian explorer who sailed for England

John Cabot

200

Which state was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I?

Virginia

200

What title was given to Spanish soldiers/explorers who were often brutal?

conquistadors

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Which people built their capital city on the site of modern-day Mexico City?

the Aztecs
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Which group of people controlled the overland routes to Asia?

the Muslims

200

German monk influential in starting the Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther

300

One-legged governor of New Netherland

Peter Stuyvesant 

300

Englishman whom the Spanish viewed as a pirate

Francis Drake

300

King of the Aztecs who thought Hernando Cortes might be an Aztec god?

Montezuma

300

What English explorer circumnavigated the globe?

Francis Drake

300

Body of water that some historians think people crossed via a land bridge from Asia to North America

the Bering Strait

400

Explored for Portugal

Bartolomeu Dias

400

Which European nation first discovered a sea route to Asia?

Portugal

400

Geneva's most influential teacher and instrumental in the Protestant Reformation

John Calvin

400

Which factor most determined the type of housing used by the various Indian tribes?

geographic environment

400

Spanish explorer whose crew circumnavigated the globe

Ferdinand Magellan

500

Spanish explorer whose expedition discovered the Grand Canyon

Francisco de Coronado

500

Englishman who financed settlements in the New World

Walter Raleigh

500

Portuguese explorer who sailed to India and obtained a profitable cargo of spices

Vasco da Gama

500

Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River

Hernando de Soto

500

Spanish explorer who named Florida

Juan Ponce de Leon

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