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Unit 3 - Explorers Review

Authored by Staci Thornton

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Unit 3 - Explorers Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Viking explorer; 1st European to set foot on N. America

Lief Ericsson

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

realized it was a new continent and called it a "New World"; America is named for him

Lief Ericsson

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

attempted to sail around the world but did not survive the expedition; left a crew member in Brazil and had another put to death due to attempted mutiny

Lief Ericsson

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

went west looking for a shortcut to Asia; called native people "Indians" because he thought he was in the Indies; made 4 trips here but never realized he wasn't in the Indies

Lief Ericsson

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Ferdinand Magellan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

explored and named Canada for France; sailed up the St. Lawrence River; has a state park named for him in NY

Juan Ponce de Leon

Jacques Cartier

Henry Hudson

Samuel de Champlain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

was looking for the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean; has a river in NY and a bay in Canada named after him; was set adrift by crew during a mutiny

Juan Ponce de Leon

Jacques Cartier

Henry Hudson

Samuel de Champlain

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

was looking for the fountain of youth when he explored and named this state for its flowers

Juan Ponce de Leon

Jacques Cartier

Henry Hudson

Samuel de Champlain

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