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1. Which desert did David Livingston cross to reach Lake Ngami?
Gobi Kalahari Sahara Negev
2. In what year did Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?
1927 1936 1949 1953
3. What African-American explorer reached the North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909?
Matthew Henson Jim Beckwourth Jesse Owens Booker T. Washington
4. What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's research vessel?
Sea Witch Calypso New Frontier Avignon
5. Who was the first European to explore Florida?
Hernando De Soto Sir Francis Drake Ponce De Leon James Cook