Age of Exploration Quiz

What was NOT a reason the explorers came to the New World

• Passage to Asia and India

• To find the Fountain of Youth

• New Land and Resources

• Religion

The first European to ever step foot on North Americas was probably:

• Leif Eriksson

• Vasco de Gama

• Zheng He

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the great Chinese explorer?

• Zheng He

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• John Smith

Which one of these countries was NOT involved in the Age of Exploration

• France

• England

• Spain

• Germany

Which is a province in Canada discovered by Leif Eriksson?

• Iceland

• Greenland

• Newfoundland

• Prince Edward Island

Hernan Cortes found against which native tribe?

• Incas

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Cherokee

Which of these was NOT a ship of Christopher Columbus?

• Santa Maria

• Catherine Anne

• Pinta

• Nina

The first man to sail around the world was:

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Megellan

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Which of these explorers is rumored to have looked for the fountain of youth in Florida?

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Eriksson

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Who was one of the earliest European explorers known to have gone to India and China?

• Marco Polo

• Zheng He

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot