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A review of Columbus, Magellan, DeSoto, Hudson, Cabot, and LaSalle

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Columbus, Magellan, and de Soto explored for ______________.   Spain  
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La Salle explored for _______________.   France  
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Hudson and Cabot explored for ______________.   England  
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_______________ explored for the Netherlands and England and claimed lands in New York and Canada.   Henry Hudson  
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_____________ explored and claimed land around the Mississippi River for France.   Robert La Salle  
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Hernando de Soto explored the ______________________.   southeastern United States.  
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After the Spanish made discoveries and conquests in the Americans, other countries became interested in the ________________.   New World  
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The Northwest Passage was a waterway that was believed to connect the ______________________.   Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean  
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John Cabot and Henry Hudson were both searching for the ____________.   Northwest Passage  
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Robert LaSalle explored the ______________.   Mississippi River.  
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England called their claims in the New World ___________.   Virginia and New England  
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France called their claims in the New World ____________.   Louisiana and New France.  
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Spain called their claims in the New World _____________.   Florida and New Spain  
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The Netherlands called the claims in the New World __________.   New Amsterdam and New Netherlands  
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The English settled along the ____________ coast next to the Atlantic Ocean.   east  
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