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Discovered the island of Hispaniola, but never actually set foot on "America"
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Giovanni Caboto
Who is John Cabot?
100
The first European to set foot on North America.
Who is Lief Eriksson?
100
Amerigo Vespucci first saw this land, home of the 2014 World Cup.
What is Brazil?
100
The Rams starting defensive ends.
Who are Chris Long and Robert Quinn?
200
Searched for the rumored "Fountain of Youth"
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
Has a strait, bay & river named for him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
Discovered the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
200
This explorer discovered Brazil.
Who is Pedro Alvares Cabral?
200
Your 8th grade principal.
Who is Mr. Kozdron?
300
Searched for the golden city of Cibola.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
300
Claimed California for Queen Elizabeth
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
300
Claimed what is today Canada for France.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
Searched for "El Dorado", the city of gold in Guina.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
300
Has the current #1 download on I-tunes.
Who is Taylor Swift?
400
It was a bad day for the Aztecs when he showed up.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
400
Established the lost colony of Roanoke.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
400
This explorer turned out to be a tasty treat for the Carib, inhabitants of several Caribbean islands.
Who is Giovanni de Verrazano?
400
First person to sail around the southern tip of South America.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
Country with the highest per capita income.
What is Qatar?
500
His expedition proved that Florida was a peninsula and not an island.
Who is Alonso Alvarez de Pineda?
500
Sir Walter Raleigh named Virginia after her.
Who is Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen"?
500
First European to see the Pacific Ocean when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
500
Established that the area now known as Brazil was not the coast of India but a new unknown continent.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
Baseball team that has the best record right now.
Who are the Angels?
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