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6. John Cabot's 1496 voyage to the North American mainland is historically significant because a. It was the first contact between Europe and the Americas b. It proved that you could sail west to get to Asia c. It showed the northern parts of North America were uninhabitable and focus went to the southern regions d. It proved North America was not Asia but a new Continent not known to Europe e. It encouraged explorers to keep searching for the Northwest Passage 7. Relations between the early Spanish Explorers and Natives Americans were a. friendly b. Neutral c. cooperative d. hostile e. Tolerant 8. Which man did not play a major role in early English exploration in the New World? a. Walter Raleigh b. Sir Humphrey Gilbert c. John Cabot d. William Byrd e. None of the above 9. Spanish and Spanish sponsored parties explored all of the following areas of North America except a. The Pacific Coast b. The northern Atlantic Coast c. The Gulf of Mexico d. The Southwest e. The Mississippi valley 10. What Spanish man spoke out against the atrocities being done by the Spanish Conquistadors? a.

Christopher Columbus b. Bartolomé de las Casas c. Pánfilo de Narváez d. Vasco Núñez de Balboa e. Hernan Cortes

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