European Colonization

What country was NOT part of the European Colonization of the Americas?

• France

• Germany

• Spain

• England

What does circumnavigate mean?

• travel one place to another

• cross the prime meridian

• cross the equator

• travel around the world

Where did Columbus think he had landed?

• Asia

• America

• India

• Brazil

What continents made up the "New World"?

• Europe

• North America

• South America

• Asia

Which explorer has a river and bay in New York named after him?

• Drake

• Columbus

• Hudson

• Champlain

The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Coronado

Which explorer landed in and then named Florida?

• Pizarro

• Balboa

• Ponce de Leon

• Columbus

What continents made up the "Old World"?

• Europe

• North America

• South America

• Asia

Who are the Americas named after?

• Columbus

• Vespucci

• Champlain

• none of these

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

• to establish trading posts

• to find a water route to Asia

• to exchange ideas with native peoples

• to explore North and South America