Exploration timeline Quiz

What was the first permanent English settlement or colony in North America?

• Jamestown

• Charleston

• St. Augustine

• Plymouth Rock

Which European country was the FIRST to explore the New World? (come to the Americas)

• UK

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

What sea route did Portugal take to get around to Asia (India)?

• They walked through muslim land on the Silk Road

• They sailed the Mediterranean Sea.

• They sailed around Russia and south into India.

• They sailed around the tip of Africa .

What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?

• The Postal Service

• The Telegram

• The Paint Brush

• The Printing Press

What is the heliocentric theory?

• There is no sun
• The sun is smaller than the Earth
• The sun is the center of the universe
• The Earth in the center of the universe

 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 

• a. Isaac Newton
• b. Galileo Galilei 
• c. Adam Smith
• d. Dennis Diderot

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.

• Caravel

• Pizarro

• Colonies

• Cortes

He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

Who invented the printing press?

• Johannes Gutenburg
• Botticelli
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Michelangelo

What were the 95 Theses?

• 95 arguements Martin Luther had with the Lutheran church.

• 95 arguements Martin Luther had with the Catholic church.

• They were less than the 100 Theses.

• They were a series of poems written by Shakespeare