Journeys That Redrew the Map

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• 01·Who led the first European expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
• 02·What force did Isaac Newton identify as keeping planets in orbit around the sun?
• 03·What is the longest river in Africa, crucial to ancient Egyptian civilization?
• 04·Chinese admiral Zheng He led massive treasure fleets on expeditions through which ocean?
• 05·The discovery of what object in 1799 was key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?
• 06·The Lewis and Clark Expedition primarily explored territory acquired by the U.S. through what purchase?
• 07·Marie Curie is renowned for her discovery of which two radioactive elements?
• 08·The Strait of Magellan, a key sea route, separates mainland South America from what archipelago?
• 09·Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first confirmed to reach the summit of which mountain?
• 10·The epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer recounts the long journey home of a hero from what war?