Explorers 1

Who was the Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators?

• Giovanni Caboto

• Prince Henry

• Leif Eriksson

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was the Italian explorer who landed in present day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay?

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Maritn Behaim

• Giovanni Caboto

Who was the European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry

• Giovanni Caboto

• Marco Polo

Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas?

• Leif Eriksson

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

What is the body of water reached by the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa?

• Guanahani

• Vinland

• Pacific Ocean

• Constantinople

What was the city captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia?

• Vikings

• Vinland

• Guanahani

• Constantinople

Who were the first European people known to have visited the Americas?

• Constantinople

• Vikings

• Guanahani

• Bartholomeu DIas

What was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas?

• Pacific Ocean

• Vinland

• Constantinople

• Guanahani

Who was the first European to make a globe?

• Martin Behaim

• Marco Polo

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia?

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Martin Behaim

• Vasco da Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci