The explorers Cartier and Verrazano explored for which European Empire?

France

Explanation:

Jacques Cartier was a French navigator and explorer. Jacques Cartier was born in 1491 in Saint-Malo, a coastal city in France. Jacques Cartier was the first explorer who was authorized by France's King Francis I to take a voyage to New World to seek bullion in 1534.  Cartier made three expeditions to North America. Though Cartier never succeeded in finding the Northwest Passage after making three attempts in Newfoundland. On his first route, he finds St. Lawrence River and claimed the land in the name of France, on the second voyage he found Quebec.

Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian navigator but, worked under France. He became the first to see New York and Narragansett bays in America.

3.a

4.d

5.b

6.b

7.c

8.a

9.d

10.a