Unit 1: Worlds Collide

The "Old World" refers to what continents?

• Europe, Africa and Asia

• North and South America

• Antarctica and Australia

• All of these

The "New World" refers to what continents?

• Europe, Africa and Asia

• North and South America

• Antarctica and Australia

• All of these

What Explorer, who sailed for Spain, mistakenly thought he had reached the Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

What advanced indigenous empire was located in modern day Mexico?

• Moorish

• Iroquois

• Aztec

• Inca

What advanced indigenous empire was located along the west coast of South America?

• Moorish

• Iroquois

• Aztec

• Inca

What empire was conquered by Hernan Cortes?

• Moorish

• Iroquois

• Aztec

• Inca

What empire was conquered by Francisco Pizzaro?

• Moorish

• Iroquois

• Aztec

• Inca

What explorer was first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Magellan

• Columbus

• da Gama

• Prince Henry

Who started a school in Portugal to teach sailing, map making, and navigation?

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

First to claim land for the British in the New World.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson