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Hudson, Balboa, Columbus

 

Hard QUIZ 30 QUESTIONS
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1

Who explored for Spain?

2

Who explored the Bahamas and Hispaniola?

3

Who explored for the Netherlands first and later England?

4

Whose men mutinied and abandoned their leader?

5

Who searched for a route to India?

6

Who explored South America?

7

Who had Hudson Bay named after them?

8

Who married the daughter of an Indian chief?

9

Who had 3 ships named the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria?

10

Who searched for a Northwest Passage?

11

What area did Christopher Columbus explore?

12

Who was charged with treason and beheaded, even though he was innocent?

13

What country did Henry Hudson explore for?

14

Who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean?

15

Who searched for a route to India?

16

Who searched for a Northwest Passage?

17

What disease did Henry Hudson's crewmen get?

18

Spain sent who to find a route to India?

19

Who coined the term "Indians?"

20

What area did Balboa explore?

21

Columbus explored for which country?

22

Henry Hudson explored for which country?

23

Balboa searched for which country?

24

What body of water is named after Henry Hudson

25

Whose men developed scurvy?

26

What term did Christopher Columbus coin?

27

Who explored with 3 ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria?

28

How did Balboa die?

29

What area did Columbus explore?

30

Whose crewmen argued during their voyage?