European Explorers Quiz

Christopher Columbus explored __________. 

• SC and NC
• Florida
• San Salvador
• Mississippi River

Quebec was the first Spanish settlement in the New World.

• True
• False

Christopher Columbus discovered America.

• True
• False

 Which explorer was the first to sail around the world? 

• Ferdinand Magellan
  
• Christopher Columbus
• Robert LaSalle
• Hernando de Soto

What was New York City originally called?

• New Dutch

• Amsterdam Colony

• New Amsterdam

• Hudson Island

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

• Sir Francis Drake

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• John Smith

What current state did Juan Ponce de Leon first explore?

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Cortes helped the Spanish conqueror what civilization?

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztec

• Bamana

Direct sea route through America that Europeans hoped to find

• Panama Canal

• Northwest passage

• St. Lawrence River

• Erie Canal

Country that sparked Exploration in America

• France

• Spain

• England

• Holland