Introduction to the Age of Exploration

Who was the first person to sail around the world?

• Columbus

• de Soto

• Vespucci

• Magellan

Who was the explorer who sailed for Spain/Queen Isabella?

• Vespucci

• de Soto

• Columbus

• Magellan

Who was the explorer who explored the southeast United States?

• deSoto

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Vespucci

Who founded the Hudson Bay?

• Magellan

• Hudson

• Columbus

• de Soto

I was truly the first person in the Americas.  I arrived here with my Viking friends in the year 1000 AD.

• Columbus
• Polo
• Erickson
• Cabot

I am the conquistador that conquered much of what is today the southeastern U.S. for Spain.  I was a very stern man.

• Cortes
• de Soto
• Pizarro
• Coronado

I was the person who named the Pacific Ocean.  My men were among the first to travel around the world, but unfortunately I died in battle in the Philippine Islands.

• Balboa
• Vespucci
• Columbus
• Magellan

What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

• the Dutch
• the English
• the Spanish
• the Vikings

Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?

• bad weather
• no maps
• ran out of supplies
• all of the above

What was the first and most wanted thing sought for in the Americas?

• fame

• water

• wealth

• Christianity