Social Studies

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Who discovered the New World (the Americas)? Options: Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Amerigi Vespucci, King and Queen Ferdinand

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Christopher Columbus

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Where did Columbus think he had landed when he sailed to America?

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India

Front

Who paid for the ships and supplies for the trips to America?

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Queen of Spain

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What was the voyage across the ocean for originally?

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To trade for spices and silk

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Spanish soldiers were called ____.

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conquistadors

Front

Who figured out that Columbus had in fact discovered a new land and had the new land named after him?

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Amerigo Vespucci

Front

This person actually sailed to America before Columbus according to artifacts found.

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Leif Erikson

Front

What were the natives of the new land called?

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Indians

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Why did the Spanish come to the New World? Options: Spices, silk, gold, slaves

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gold

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Name 2 other countries that colonized the New Land other than Spain.

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France and England