European Exploration

Christopher Columbus was originally from what country?

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

• Mexico

What country paid for Columbus's voyage to the new world?

• Italy

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

Which group of people were actually thought to be the first (besides natives) to step on North American soil?

• Pirates

• Vikings

• Mongols

• Romans

Who is credited with finding the original path to Asia by sailing around the Cape of Africa?

• Columbus

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

What was the main reason for the Dutch coming to the New World?

• Land

• Gold

• Guns

• Escape slavery

Who was considered to be the leader of the colonial Dutch?

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• John White

• John Rolfe

• Henry Hudson

Who was nicknamed "The Father of New France"?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Samuel de Champlain

• Marco Polo

The French mostly settled in what today is ______________.

• USA (east coast)

• Mexico

• South America

• Canada

in one word how would you describe the French's relationship with Native Americans (when compared to other European settlers)?

• Mean

• Friendly

• violent

• strange

What was the first colony in North America settled by the English?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Boston

• Pittsburgh