Columbus Day Fun Quiz

What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

• 1492
• 1954
• 1510
• 2000

What islands did Columbus land on in the Caribbean?

• Bahamas
• Greater Antilles
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico

How many total trips did Columbus make to the area of the Caribbean?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What big island did Columbus also land upon?

• Hawaii
• Grand Cayman
• Cuba
• Galveston

If Columbus didn't discover America,  who was here first?

• Hernan Cortez
• Native peoples
• Francisco Pizzaro
• Marco Polo

How did the millions of ancestors of native Americans get to the land that is now America?

• Across a land bridge during the last Ice Age.
• They arrived from England .
• They came across the Pacific Ocean from Australia.
• They drove from South America.

Who was the first European explorer believed to have reached the area of the Americas?

• Leif Eriksson
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Smith

What year did Leif Eriksson discover the area of Newfoundland?

• 500 B.C
• 1000 A.D.
• 1500 A.D.
• 1900 A.D

Leif Eriksson's father was famous for discovering Greenland.  What was his name?

• Joseph the Rich
• Mark the Green
• Erik the Red
• Albert the Third

Which ship was not one of Columbus's ships that sailed in 1492?

• Nina
• Pinta
• Santa Maria
• Titanic