69) From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to ....and the Mississipi Valley.

70) The Portuguese reached China in

71) In 1519 .....discovered Mexico.

72) The fall of ......into the hands of the Ottoman Turks was reason enough for the Europeans to seek alternative routes.

73) The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of.., about 1260.