
ch. 2 Exploring the Americas
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This explorer is celebrated as having ‘discovered’ America, even though he thought he was in the Indies; he was the first to try to sail west to reach the east.
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Sir Francis Ddrake
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This French fur trader, mapper, and explorer came to “New France” and established a fort and was a friend to the natives.
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Husdon
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This explorer discovered (and explored) the St. Lawrence River. He claimed the area for France and named it New France. It is now known as Canada.
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Ferdinand Magellan
Jacques Cartier
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Spanish nobleman and conquistador is credited with discovering Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Sir Francis Drake
Amerigo Vespucci
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted
silk, spices, and gold
wood, sea shells, and silver
clocks, mirrors, and beads
vegetables, spices, and fruit
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.
Florida
Canada
the Bahamas
Hudson Bay
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia. Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC. Who is it?
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
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