Conquistadors
French Explorers
Before Discovery
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Who discovered the Mississippi River?

Hernando de Soto

100

Who is remembered as the "Father of New France"?

Samuel de Champlain

100

What Italian merchant spent time in service of Kublai Khan in Asia?

Marco Polo

100

Who first realized that Columbus discovered a new world?

Amerigo Vespucci

100

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's expedition to find an alternate route to Asia?

Spain

200

Who conquered the Aztecs?

Hernando Cortez

200

Jacques Marquette and ___?___ explored the central Mississippi River for France.

Louis Jolliet

200

Who led a three year journey around the globe dying before his crew could return home?

Ferdinand Magellan

200

What was the first permanent European settlement in the United States?

St Augustine

200

Who was the powerful chieftain of the Aztec Indians?

Montezuma II

300

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

Vasco de Balboa

300

Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?

Jacques Cartier

300

Who invented the movable-type printing press?

Johann Gutenberg

300

Who made the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America?

Ponce de Leon

300

Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world and led to the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

Sir Francis Drake

400

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca?

Pizzaro

400

What was the first permanent French settlement in the New World?

Quebec

400

What revived interest in trade with the East?

The Crusades

400

Chinese Emperor

Kublai Khan

400

What year did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?

1588

500

Who discovered the Grand Canyon?

Francisco Coronado

500

Which French explorer claimed Louisiana for France?

Robert Cavelier de LaSalle

500

On what island did Columbus make his first landing in the New World?

San Salvador

500

What was one reason New France was not heavily populated?

Many colonists were hunters and traders who did not establish permanent homes in New France. 

The French did not have self government but were under the authority of the king of France.

The French did not have religious freedom, only French Catholics were allowed to settle in New France. 

500

On what island did Columbus make his first landing in the New World?

San Salvador

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