Choose the Correct Statement Below About European Explorers and Their

question 49

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct statement below about European explorers and their expeditions:

• A) Ferdinand Magellan explored the North American coast from the Carolinas to Newfoundland.
• B) Jacques Cartier explored the coasts of Newfoundland, Quebec, and Nova Scotia and ascended the St. Lawrence.
• C) Henry Hudson established the first successful European settlement in North America.
• D) John Cabot rounded South America and crossed the Pacific to the Philippines, where he died; one of his ships became the first to sail around the world.
• E) Christopher Columbus crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific.

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Definitions:

School Segregation

The separation of students into different schools or classrooms based on race or ethnicity, a practice declared unconstitutional in the United States in 1954.

Linda Brown

A key figure in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which challenged racial segregation in American public schools.

Railroad Tracks

The parallel steel rails laid on ties and ballast, on which trains run to transport people and goods.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán

The 25th President of Guatemala who is remembered for his progressive land reforms and was ousted in a coup orchestrated by the United States CIA in 1954.