Age of Exploration Quiz

Although he was unsuccessful in reaching Asia, ______ was successful in going around the "Cape of Good Hope" on the tip of Africa

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which Portuguese explorer successfully provided a sea route from Western Europe to Asia?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Who was the first European to reach the Caribbean?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which explorer kidnapped and enslaved the Lucayan people, who were an Indigenous tribe in the Carribean?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Although he died on route to the Philippines, he was the first person to complete a circumnavigation of the world.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was tasked by Queen Elizabeth with stealing from Spanish ships and ports as a pirate?

• John Cabot

• Sir Frances Drake

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni da Verrazano

Who sailed up the St. Lawrence River and claimed Canada for France?

• John Cabot

• Sir Frances Drake

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni da Verrazano

What does the term 'conquistador' translate to?

• Conqueror

• Explorer

• Navigator

• Missionary

Who made it his mission to find riches and the 'fountain of youth'?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who claimed Mexico for Spain and defeated the Aztec empire?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Bartolomeu Dias