Explorers notes quiz

Which country won the race to Asia by controlling the routes around Africa?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Which explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pedro Alvars Cabral

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

What is the southern tip of Africa called?

• Cape of Storms

• Cape Horn

• Cape of Good Hope

• Cape of the Worst Possible Place on Earth to Be

What did Queen Isabella of Spain tell Columbus to do with the Taino people?

• Enslave them

• Leave them in peace

• Establish trade relations with them

• Convert them to Christianity

What did Columbus do with the Taino people-- contrary to Queen Isabella's wishes?

• Enslaved them

• Open up trade relations with them

• Left them in peace

• Converted them to Christianity

What was Vasco Nunez Balboa the first European to do?

• Travel overseas in a barrel

• Discover a route across the Americas even though it was a land route

• Discover a route across the Americas-- the Panama Canal

• Circumnavigate the world

Who claimed all of the land in the Mississippi Valley for France?

• Robert de La Salle

• Henry Hudson

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Samuel de Champlain

Who discovered and claimed Brazil for Portugal?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Pedro Alvars Cabral

• Bartolomeu Dias

Sailing for France, where was Giovanni da Verranzano the first to sail into?

• The Mississippi River

• Hudson Bay

• New York Harbor

• The Gulf of Mexico

Which two French explorers sailed down the St. Lawrence River, claimed and founded the colony of Quebec 70 years apart

• Jacques Cartier & Samuel de Champlain

• Joliet & Marquette

• Robert de La Salle & Giovanni da Verranzano

• Henry Hudson & John Cabot