Practice Quiz- Ocean Exploration

a small boat that can travel in deep ocean water

• scuba

• submersible

• water pressure

• trench

equipment connected to an air tank that lets a person breathe underwater

• submersible

• trench

• water pressure

• scuba

I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean as I climbed over a mountaintop.

• Balboa
• Vespucci
• Magellan
• Cabot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To serarch for gold and riches
• To omake friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• The explorerers want to become famous.

_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Vasco Nunez Balboa
• Jacques Cartier

What was the main accomplishment of exploration?

• The discovery of new lands
• Riches and valuable gold
• Natural resources like large forest and fish
• Learning to grow crops from Native Americans

_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.

• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Vasco Nunea Balboa
• Christopher Columbus

Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?

• England
• Mexico
• France
• Spain

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
• To claim land in Canada
• To explore the Hudson Bay
• None of the above