Columbus Quiz

What part of the globe were European explorers trying to reach during their first voyages?

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• South America

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyages?

• Italy

• England

• Spain

• France

In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage?

• 1018

• 1246

• 1492

• 1762

What part of the globe did Columbus believe he had reached?

• The Bahamas

• The Old World

• The Galapagos Islands

• Islands near India

Where did Columbus actually first land?

• The Bahamas

• The United States

• Mexico

• Cuba

What Native American tribe did Columbus first encounter?

• The Cherokee

• The Iroquois

• The Sioux

• The Taino

Europeans called the Americas the ________________.

• Columbia

• The New World

• Terra Incognita

• The Antipodes

Old World diseases may have killed up to 90% of Native Americans.

• True

• False

What motivated Columbus and the other European early European explorers?

• Gold

• Glory

• God

• All of the above

What was Columbus hoping to discover on his first voyage?

• El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold

• A trade route to Asia

• A new continent where Europeans could settle

• None of the above