John Cabot is credited with...

• A. Discovering Newfoundland and trading with the Mi'kmaq.
• B. Finding a northwest passage to Asia.
• C. Being the first to map Hudson Bay.
• D. Starting the Haudenosaunee confederacy.

Answer: (A)

This question tests understanding of early European exploration and contact in North America. John Cabot’s voyage in 1497, sailing under English sponsorship, is traditionally credited with reaching the coast of Newfoundland, which is why he’s said to have discovered Newfoundland for Europe and to have laid claim to lands there for England. The mention of trading with the Mi’kmaq reflects the early contact and exchange that began between Europeans and Indigenous peoples along the Atlantic coast.

The other statements don’t fit because Cabot did not find a northwest passage to Asia, and that quest belongs to later explorers who sought routes to Asia across or around North America. He also did not map Hudson Bay—that achievement came from Henry Hudson. And he was not involved in starting the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which formed among Indigenous nations long before European exploration.