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1. Who was the first European explorer to explore the Mississippi River?

2. What ancient Indian civilization did Cortes conquer?

3. Who was the Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the Grand Canyon?

4. Who was the member of the Jamestown settlement who experimented with tobacco?

5. Who was the Italian who sailed for the English and is thought to have landed in Newfoundland?

6. Who was the leader of Sir Walter Raleigh's third expedition that settled on Roanoke Island?

7. Who was the military leader who headed up Raleigh's second expedition to the New World?

8. What famous event in English history prevented the leader of the Roanoke colony from returning right away to Roanoke with help in 1588?

9. What was the first representative government established in the English colonies?

10. Who was the leader of the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth?

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