7th Grade Columbus Quiz

What islands did Columbus land on in the Caribbean?

• Bahamas
• Greater Antilles
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico

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

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

• Nina
• Pinta
• Santa Maria
• Titanic

What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

• 1492
• 1954
• 1510
• 2000

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

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

Which of the following was NOT part of the Columbian Exchange?

• plants
• animals
• slaves
• diseases