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1.in the early exploration of north america, all of the following rivers were important except:

st. lawrence
hudson
mississippi
arkansas

2.the nations to claim land in north america included all of the following except:

spain
portugal
netherlands
france

3.all of the following men explored the mississippi except:

de soto
marquette
la salle
champlain

4.old world events which sparked exploration included all of the following except:

the crusades
polo's journeys
spanish war with the muslims
prince henry's school

5.columbus explored all of the following except:

south america
north america
caribbean islands
central america

6.the explorers who tried to find a passage to the east by sailing around south america included all of the following except:

magellan
drake
cortes

7.spanish explorers who investigated north american legends included all of the following except:

coronado
ponce de leon
de soto
magellan

8.successful new world colonies were started by all of the following except:

columbus
balboa
cartier
champlain

9.what is most characteristic of prince henry?

he started a school for sailors in portugal.
the astrolabe was his main invention.
he discovered an all-water route to the orient.

10.which of the following statements is not true of ferdinand and isabella?

their backing resulted in the discovery of canada.
they began exploration after recapturing granada.
columbus received the needed support for his trip west from them.

11.what have more recent studies shown on european discovery of america?

columbus was the first to actually sail across the treacherous ocean.
norsemen from northern countries had made earlier journeys.
the king and queen of portugal had sent earlier explorers.
the natives of hispaniola claimed others had come before columbus.

12.what was balboa's major accomplishment?

he was the first to sail around the world.
he was the inventor of the compass.
he discovered the pacific ocean.

13.which french explorer reached the most southern point in america?

la salle
joliet
champlain
cartier

14.hudson’s journeys are considered

a total failure since he was abandoned and died
a success since he increase knowledge of the new lands
the end of the dutch in the new world
the end of english explorations in the new world

15.which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the claim, "the significance of christopher columbus to american history has been greatly exaggerated"?

in december of 1492, columbus' ship santa maria was wrecked off the coast of haiti and has yet to be rediscovered.
columbus originally set out to reach asia, and never believed that it was a different part of the world he had discovered.
columbus sailed to the new world four times and explored parts of haiti, cuba, puerto rico the dominican republic and jamaica.
the spanish crown nullified their original agreement with columbus in 1495 and sent other explorers to the west indies.