
European Exploration in the Americas #1
Authored by David Doss
Social Studies
7th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the late 1400s and early 1500s, what was a major reason for European voyages of exploration?
Introduction of Enlightenment ideas
Desire to control Constantinople
Rapid industrialization rising
Need for an alternate trade route to Asia
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The explorer discovered "Florida" while he was searching for the "Fountain of Youth"?
Vasco de Gama
Ponce de Leon
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa to India and established a valuable trade route with them?
Vasco de Gama
John Cabot
Francis Drake
Jacques Cartier
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The St. Lawrence River area (Canada) was explored by and claimed by this French explorer?
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Portuguese explorer was the first one to "circumnavigate" around the world?
Francis Drake
Vasco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Jacques Cartier
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This Meso-American Civilization had great success in Central America pre-900 CE, yet no one truly knows what led to their demise?
Incas
Aztecs
Mayans
Native Americans
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Spanish conquistador defeated Emperor Montezuma with warfare and diseases?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizzaro
Ferdinand Magellean
Henry Hudson
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