Age of Discovery

Age of Discovery

7th Grade

12 Qs

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Age of Discovery

Age of Discovery

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) and all the way to India? He took the Indian Ocean by force after Zamorin, the chief of Calicut, refused to trade with him.

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Spanish explorer was the first to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and discover the New World?

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which English explorer was the first to step foot on the North American continent, naming it Newfoundland? His discovery of vast amounts of cod fish not only fed England for centuries, but also set England on a course to colonization.

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which English explorer helped weaken the Spanish empire by attacking their ports and ships, looting their gold and silver, and defeating the Spanish Armada?

Ferdinand Magellan

Francis Drake

Amerigo Vespucci

John Cabot

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Spanish explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe after discovering a passage through South America. He died in the Moluccas while fighting in a war to help the Chief of Cebu?

Ferdinand Magellan

Francis Drake

Amerigo Vespucci

John Cabot

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer, after discovering the Amazon River, observing the flora, fauna, and native life of the South American coast, and making math calculations that the earth was 5,000 miles wider than previously thought, was the first to realize that he was on a new continent and not in Asia? The Americas were named after him.

Ferdinand Magellan

Francis Drake

Amerigo Vespucci

John Cabot

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail down the African coast and discover the tip of Africa in 1488, naming it the Cape of Good Hope? He helped pave the way for European sailors to reach the Indian Ocean.

Prince Henry the Navigator

Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci

Bartolomeu Dias

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