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SAT US History Practice Question

The Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the first European to cross the isthmus of Panama, saw a body of water he thought was the South Sea. It was actually the

  1. A.Atlantic Ocean
  2. B.Pacific Ocean
  3. C.Gulf of Mexico
  4. D.Indian Ocean
  5. E.Caribbean Sea

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