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Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the first Spanish explorer to see the Grand Canyon?
  1. Fransico Pizarro
  2. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  3. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
  4. Giovanni de Verrazano
Grade 8 Exploration
The powerful                            became the first publicly traded company.
  1. Stadtholder
  2. Golden Hind
  3. Dutch East India Company
  4. Hudson Bay Trading Company
Grade 8 Exploration
Before working with the Dutch East India Company, which sailor searched for the Northwest Passage for England?
  1. John Cabot
  2. Henry Hudson
  3. Abel Tasman
  4. Giovanni de Verrazano
Grade 8 Exploration
Which English explorer searched for the Northwest Passage for the Dutch East India Company?
  1. John Cabot
  2. Henry Hudson
  3. Francis Drake
  4. Hugh Willoughby
Grade 8 Exploration
Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered which country for Portugal?
  1. Chile
  2. Peru
  3. Brazil
  4. Suriname
Grade 8 Exploration
What permanent French settlement in Canada was established by Samuel de Champlain?
  1. Toronto
  2. Quebec
  3. Charlesfort
  4. Nova Scotia
Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
  1. John Cabot
  2. Francis Drake
  3. Walter Raleigh
  4. Hugh Willoughby
Grade 8 Exploration
Explorers led by Hernando de Soto were the first Europeans to cross which river?
  1. Mississippi
  2. Missouri
  3. Colorado
  4. Ohio
Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the first European to navigate the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico?
  1. Hernando De Soto
  2. Robert de La Salle
  3. Jacques Cartier
  4. Henry Hudson
Grade 8 Exploration
Which explorer who sailed for France was the first European to sail the coast between Canada and Florida?
  1. Henry Hudson
  2. Robert de La Salle
  3. Giovanni Verazzano
  4. Amerigo Vespucci
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