Explorers Check For Understanding

Explorers Check For Understanding

8th Grade

18 Qs

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Explorers Check For Understanding

Explorers Check For Understanding

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This man discovered that what Columbus stumbled upon wasn't India at all, but in fact an entirely new continent.

John Cabot

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Henry Hudson

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It was because of this man that Portugal played such an influential role in the Age of Exploration.

Henry The Navigator

Christopher Columbus

Hernan Cortez

Jacques Carter

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This man stumbled upon the peninsula of Florida in his pursuit of a mysterious "fountain of youth".

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

Christopher Columbus

Juan Ponce de Leon

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This man discovered Canada for the British Empire.

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This man ignored orders from his superiors to find a northeastern route to India--instead he tried to find a "Northwest Passage"

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

John Cabot

Henry Hudson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He incorrectly labeled the people of the New World as "indians" as he believed he had reached a subcontinent.

Christopher Columbus

Francisco Pizarro

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He was the first explorer to reach India by sailing around Africa.

Christopher Columbus

Francisco Pizarro

Henry Hudson

Vasco Da Gama

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