Which statement is true about Russia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? A. In Russia, serfdom was not as strong as it was in most of western Europe.
B. Russia had more year-round, ice-free seaports than western Europe.
C. Most Russians embraced western culture.
D. Russian rulers largely kept to themselves and ignored what was going on in western Europe.

1. discovered the new world balboa 2. explored the north american southwest hudson 3. his crew was the first to sail around the world vespucci 4. conquered the incas of peru cortes 5. discovered the pacific ocean columbus 6. conquered the aztecs of mexico cabot 7. discovered fishing grounds off newfoundland pizarro 8. looted spanish vessels for england drake 9. claimed the hudson river area for dutch coronado 10. priest who explored the mississippi marquette 11. man for whom the new world is named magellan