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2.1 Age of Exploration

Authored by Kathryn Geen

History

7th Grade

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2.1 Age of Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who were the first "founders" of America?

Pirates

Columbus

Vikings

Africans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Christopher Columbus was born in __________.

Japan
Italy
China
Australia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The natives that Christopher Columbus met were called the _______.

Tainos

Iroquois

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When Christopher Columbus landed, he thought he was in the Indies (Asia) and named the natives: Indians.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who followed in Columbus' footsteps looking for a route to Asia, but traveled North and West and claimed land for England?

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Samuel de Champlain

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the PRIMARY reason explorers went looking for a "new world"?

Wealth

To meet new people

To escape their home country

To try out the new caravel ships

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What country laid claim to most of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central America - where their influence is still felt today?

Spain

England

Italy

Portugal

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