Early Explorers Quiz

What did Cabot name the land he discovered?

• Bahamas
• North America
• New Foundland
• Hispanola

Spain sponsored whose voyage?

• Balboa
• Columbus
• Cabot
• Both Balboa and Columbus

How many trips did Columbus make?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What group of Europeans reached North America 500 years before Columbus?

• Dutch
• Spanish
• Vikings
• Portuguese 

What new technology helped the explorers improve navigation in the 1400ś?

• compass
• astrolabe
• improved maps
• all of the choices

Who was the leader of the first expedition around the world?

• Henry Hudson
• Columbus
• Cortes
• Magellan

What is the name of a Spanish explorer/soldier? 

• conquistador
• viking
• warrior
• super hero

When Ponce de Leon was searching for the Fountain of Youth, he ended up exploring

• Arizona
• Florida
• Texas
• New Mexico

When did the Age of Exploration take place?

• 1300s-1500s
• 1400s-1600s
• 1600s-1800s
• 1800s-2000s

The first permanent English colony established in 1607 was 

• St. Augustine
• Jamestown
• Boston
• Plymouth