Europe Comes to America (1492-1620) (Unit 1 Quiz 1)

The first to cross the Isthmus of Panama:

• Nunez de Balboa

• Ponce de Leon

• Vasco De Gama

• Marco Polo

Explored Florida searching for the Fountain of Youth:

• Nunez de Balboa

• Ponce de Leon

• Vasco De Gama

• Marco Polo

Led a fleet to Asia around Africa and back again:

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Coronado

• Vasco De Gama

• Marco Polo

Lived in China in the 1200s and wrote a famous book about it:

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Coronado

• Francisco Pizarro

• Marco Polo

First to see the Mississippi River

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Coronado

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson

Explored American Southwest looking for cities of Gold

• Hernando Cortez

• Francisco Coronado

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson

Conquistador who imperialized the Inca

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson

Conquistador who imperialized the Aztecs

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson

Viking leader of the first European in America

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson

Led the first circumnavigation of the world

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Leif Ericson