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Routes of Exploration

Authored by Julia Whalen

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Routes of Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean and Central and South Americas for Spain were called....

Conquistadors

Archaeologists

Northwest Passage

Contagious diseases

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America that many explorers searched for but never found was called.....

a contagious disease

the Northwest Passage

The New World

The East Indies

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is where Columbus THINKS he traveled, but he was really in the New World...

New World

North America

East Indies

Northwest Passage

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sicknesses brought by European explorers that spread quickly and infected many American Indians (For example: Smallpox)

Contagious diseases

East Indies

Northwest Passage

Conquistadors

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these was an IMPACT of Christopher Columbus's discovery and exploration of America?

The compass was invented because of him

European countries stopped sending explorers to the New World

Native Americans were mistreated and killed

European countries did not claim any land

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was John Cabot's background?

He was a soldier

He was a merchant

He was a nobleman

He was a sailor

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Hernan Cortes' background?

Nobleman

Sailor

Soldier

Merchant

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