European Explorers (Pre-Assessment)

European Explorers (Pre-Assessment)

5th - 8th Grade

13 Qs

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European Explorers (Pre-Assessment)

European Explorers (Pre-Assessment)

Assessment

Quiz

History

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Stephen Lotts

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Which of these is true about what Europeans thought about the Earth in the 1400s?

That the Earth was flat and you could fall off the edge

That the Earth was round

The Earth rotates around the Sun

Nothing existed outside of Europe

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2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of these explorers was originally from Spain? [You can have more than one correct answer!]

Columbus

Coronado

Cabot

La Salle

Cortez

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Which is the first known explorer from Europe to find the New World of North America?

Francisco Coronado

John Cabot

Christopher Columbus

Leif Erikson

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Which ocean did Europeans have to travel across to get to North America?

Atlantic

Pacific

Indian

Southern

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What is the name of the first successful English colony created in Virginia?

Jamestown

Roanoke

Staunton

Washington

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Explorers from which country focused their search mainly in what we now call Canada?

England

France

Spain

Portugal

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Who was the richest person in the known history of the world?

Mansa Musa of Mali in Africa

King Richard III of England

Qin Shihuangdi of China

John Rolfe of the American Colonies

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