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The oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States?
St. Augustine
The famous work Description of the World was about whose adventures?
Marco Polo
Italian explorer who sailed for Spain
Christopher Columbus
Because long Canadian winters reduced farming capacity, what became a profitable business activity of Frenchmen?
Fur trading
Italian explorer who sailed for England
John Cabot
Which state was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I?
Virginia
What title was given to Spanish soldiers/explorers who were often brutal?
conquistadors
Which people built their capital city on the site of modern-day Mexico City?
Which group of people controlled the overland routes to Asia?
the Muslims
German monk influential in starting the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
One-legged governor of New Netherland
Peter Stuyvesant
Englishman whom the Spanish viewed as a pirate
Francis Drake
King of the Aztecs who thought Hernando Cortes might be an Aztec god?
Montezuma
What English explorer circumnavigated the globe?
Francis Drake
Body of water that some historians think people crossed via a land bridge from Asia to North America
the Bering Strait
Explored for Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias
Which European nation first discovered a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
Geneva's most influential teacher and instrumental in the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
Which factor most determined the type of housing used by the various Indian tribes?
geographic environment
Spanish explorer whose crew circumnavigated the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Spanish explorer whose expedition discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco de Coronado
Englishman who financed settlements in the New World
Walter Raleigh
Portuguese explorer who sailed to India and obtained a profitable cargo of spices
Vasco da Gama
Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer who named Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon