Early Explorers Test

Early Explorers Test

5th Grade

25 Qs

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Social Studies

5th Grade

Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lack of funding, distance of travel, weather, and hostile natives are examples of _________.

Obstacles the explorers faced
Things to consider when planning a party
Holidays away from home
Going around in a horse and buggy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians?"

He thought he landed in the Carribean Islands.
He thought he landed in India, Asia.
He thought he landed in Africa.
He thought he landed in Antarctica.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The ocean that Christopher Columbus crossed on his voyage.

Atlantic

Pacific

Indian

Arctic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was a Spanish explorer who claimed land for Spain that is now the state of Florida. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth. He became the first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became part of the United States.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

John Cabot

Ferdinand Magellan

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

His crew was the first to successfully sail around the entire world. He died in a battle in the Philippine Islands though.

John Cabot

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What item did the Europeans bring to the Americas?

small pox
horses
pigs
all of the choices

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