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sailed for England, looking for northwest passage; crew threatened mutiny; river in New York named for him
a) Henry Hudson
b) Vasco Nunez Balboa
c) John Cabot
d) Jacques Cartier

sailed for Spain, seeking treasure and land to claim for Spain; First to see the Pacific from the Americas; Charged with Treason and beheaded by Spanish ruler
a) Vasco Nunez Balboa
b) John Cabot
c) Jacques Cartier
d) Christopher Columbus

sailed for England; faced stormy Atlantic and damaged ship; discovered Newfoundland
a) John Cabot
b) Jacques Cartier
c) Christopher Columbus
d) Henry Hudson

sailed for France; faced the shallow waters of St. Lawrence River; claimed Eastern Canada for France
a) Jacques Cartier
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Henry Hudson
d) John Cabot

sailed for Spain, looking for sea route to Asia; First person to sail across Atlantic Ocean; credited with discovering America, although he never landed on American shores
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Jacques Cartier
c) Henry Hudson
d) John Cabot

sailed for Spain; looked for Fountain of Youth gold; discovered and named Florida
a) Juan Ponce de Leon
b) John Cabot
c) Henry Hudson
d) Jacques Cartier

A disease caused by a vitamin C deficiency
a) scurvy
b) compass
c) isthmus
d) equator

lines on a globe that run north and south, or vertical
a) longitude
b) latitude
c) equator
d) cartographer

lines on a globe that run east and west, or horizontal
a) latitude
b) longitude
c) prime meridian
d) compass

the 0 degree line of latitude that crosses our planet in the middle
a) equator
b) prime meridian
c) latitude lines
d) longitude lines

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