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Who was the first European to sail around the world?
a) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Henry Hudson
c) Leif Ericson
d) Ferdinand Magellan

Who discovered that Columbus and Cabot didn\'t land in Asia?
a) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Hernando Cortés
c) Leif Ericson
d) Fransisco Pizarro

Who led the 1st group of Europeans(Vikings) that landed in North America?
a) Hernando Cortés
b) Marco Polo
c) Prince Henry the Navigator
d) Leif Ericson

Who was the first European to discover America(he landed in the Caribbean), even though he thought he landed in the Indies?
a) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
b) Leif Ericson
c) Marco Polo
d) Christopher Columbus

What English Explorer claimed a large area of what is now New York for the Dutch?
a) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
b) John Cabot
c) Fransisco Pizarro
d) Henry Hudson

What explorer conquered the Incas for their gold?
a) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
b) Hernando Cortés
c) Fransisco Pizarro
d) Marco Polo

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
a) Marco Polo
b) Fransisco Pizarro
c) Hernando Cortés
d) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Who developed a school aimed at making better ships, maps, and tools for navigation?
a) Henry Hudson
b) Prince Henry the Navigator
c) Marco Polo
d) Juan Ponce de León

Who landed in Newfoundland and Labrador, now part of Canada?
a) Ferdinand Magellan
b) Amerigo Vespucci
c) John Cabot
d) Hernando Cortés

Who led a group who defeated the Aztecs in Mexico?
a) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Juan Ponce de León
c) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
d) Hernando Cortés

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