Exploration of the New World

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This sailor was sent by the king of France to find the northwest passage. He was unsuccessful but he did make France's first land claim in North America.

True or False: One impact of Christopher Columbus's discovery and exploration of America was that Native people were mistreated

Which of these was the most common impact explorers had in North America

Sicknesses that can pass from one person to another are called:

This explorer made the first European land claim in the New World, although he thought he had reached the East Indies.

Name for Spanish Explorers who claimed land in the Carribean and Central and South America for Spain

Which country did not sponsor an explorer.

This man explored a large river in what is now New York, and a huge bay in what is now Canada. Both are named after him.