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What country did they sail for?
What were they trying to find?
What obstacles did they encounter?
What accomplishments did they have?
Ponce De Leon
100
Who did Hernando Cortes sail for?
Who is Spain?
100
What was Francisco Pizarro trying to find?
What is land and wealth (gold)?
100
What obstacle did Samuel de Champlain face?
What are poor navigation tools?
100
What accomplishment did Amerigo Vespucci have?
What was claimed North America to be a "New World?"
100
What country is Ponce De Leon from?
What is Spain?
200
Who did Amerigo Vespucci sail for?
Who is Portugal?
200
What was John Cabot trying to find?
The northwest passage to Asia
200
What obstacle did Ferdinand Magellan face?
What was mutiny and inadequate ships?
200
What accomplishment did Robert la Salle have?
What was the first European to travel the length of the Mississippi River?
200
What was the reason Ponce de Leon sailed?
What was to find fame, fortune, and fountain of youth?
300
Who did Jacques Cartier sail for?
Who is France?
300
What was Jacques Cartier trying to find?
what was Gold and the Northwest Passage?
300
What obstacle did Robert La Salle face?
What was conflict with natives, pirate attacks, and mutiny?
300
What accomplishment did Jacques Cartier have?
He found the St. Lawrence River.
300
What did Ponce de Leon discover?
What was Florida?
400
Who did Henry Hudson sail for?
Who is Holland (Dutch East India Company)?
400
What was Henry Hudson trying to find?
What was the Northwest Passage to Asia?
400
What obstacles did Henry Hudson face?
What is ice and a mutinous crew?
400
What accomplishment did Henry Hudson have?
He found the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay.
400
What obstacle did Ponce De Leon run into?
What was Native Americans?
500
Who did Vasco Nunez de Balboa sail for?
Who is Spain?
500
What was Hernando de Soto trying to find?
What was land and riches?
500
What obstacles did Vasco Nunez de Balboa face?
He faced Native Americans and jealous comrades.
500
What accomplishment did Balboa have?
He was the first to the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the Americas.
500
What did De Leon's accomplish?
What is gave Florida its name and started a colony in Puerto Rico?