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This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition
This explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492
"The ___ has landed". The lunar module that first landed on the moon.
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to climb to the top of this highest mountain
____ Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire
Where Columbus thought he landed when he found the Americas
English captain who explored much of the South Pacific and Australia
The ___ of Magellan are at the tip of South America
Ocean that Lewis and Clark traveled to
First man to walk on the moon
Hernando de Soto was the first European to travel west of the Mississippi _____
What Juan Ponce de León was searching for
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Vasco da ____
What the Europeans brought with them that killed many Native Americans
The first to sail around the world
Period of time when the Europeans explored much of the world
____ Amundsen was the first man to lead an expedition to the South Pole
President who asked Lewis and Clark to explore the west
Chinese explorer who visited India and Africa
The main goal of Captain Cook's first expedition was to observe this planet from Tahiti
Country of Sir Edmund Hillary
Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered much of Central and South America
Mongol leader of China that Marco Polo met: Kublai ____
Road that Marco Polo used to travel to China
Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route around this continent to India
Amundsen flew over this pole in the first undisputed visit there
Country that eventually paid for Columbus' trip across the Atlantic Ocean
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