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9th - 12th Grade
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Margie Colton
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which country won the race to Asia by controlling the routes around Africa?
Spain
Portugal
England
France
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
Pedro Alvars Cabral
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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