Explorers Review Quiz

Who am I? I was sponsored by Spain, but I was from Italy. I sailed west to try and reach Asia, but I ended up in the West Indies.

• Columbus

• Dias

• Magellan

• Cortes

Who am I? I was the first person to circumnavigate the world.

• Columbus

• Dias

• Magellan

• Cortes

Who am I? I sailed around Africa to get to India.

• Columbus

• Dias

• Pizarro

• Da Gama

Who am I? I conquered the Incas.

• Pizarro

• Dias

• Cortes

• Da Gama

Who are we? We were the first European explorers to go to North America.

• The Romans

• The Spanish

• The French

• The Vikings

The Age of Exploration was caused by which event?

• The War of 1812

• The Crusades

• The Great Reformation

• The Civil War

What were the Crusades?

• A military expedition by the Muslims to conquer the European Christians.

• A series of holy wars by the European Christians to regain Holy Land from Muslims.

• A war started by the serfs, who were tired of being ruled by kings.

• Conflict between manors.

All trade with Asia was controlled by the ___________ monopoly.

• Spanish

• Italian

• Portuguese

• French

A ___________ provides money for explorers to sail.

• debtor

• compass

• sponsor

• merchant

Who are we? We broke the Italian Monopoly.

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England