16.5- America: A New World to Explore

In what year did Columbus discover America?

• 1492

• 1592

What country sponsored Columbus's voyages?

• America

• Spain

With his claim in the New World, what Spanish ruler probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?

• Philip II

• Magellan

What country claimed Brazil?

• Mexico

• Portugal

What was the first permanent French colony in the New World?

• Quebec

• Portugal

Who was the first European to reach the Far East by sea?

• Vasco da Gama

• Vasco de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?

• Robert Cavelier de la Salle

• Jacques Cartier

• Jacques Marquette

For what country did John Cabot explore?

• France

• England

• Holland

What year was the first permanent English settlement founded?

• 1607

• 1599

• 1603

What stirred the Englishmen to explore and colonize the New World?

• spirit of freedom

• spirit of exploration