Age of Exploration Test

One main reason for European exploration was to... HINT: GOD, GOLD, GLORY

• discover new animals
• conquer Africa
• discover new spices
• spread Christianity

Who were the first Europeans in North America?

• The Vandals
• The Dutch
• The English
• The Vikings

Who did Spain send on a voyage to claim land on the crown’s behalf?

• Marco Polo
• Dora the Explorer
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

Many explorers like John Cabot (pictured below) were sent to the new world to....

• gather slaves
• collect new spices
• look for a route to Asia
• persecute nearby Muslims

North and South America were named after…?

• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci
• King Ferdinand of Spain

Who named and claimed Canada for France?

• Pepe Le Pew
• Jacques Cartier
• Dora the Explorer
• Christopher Columbus

Who was a Spanish explorer and the governor of Puerto Rico?

• Vasco da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Hernan Cortes
• Juan Ponce de Leon

Which explorer conquered the Aztecs in 1519?

• Hernan Cortes
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Hernando de Soto
• Amerigo Vespucci

Which Spanish explorer conquered the Inca Empire in 1519?

• Hernan Cortes
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Francisco Pizzaro

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who sailed the routes pictures above and claimed modern New York for the Dutch in 1609?

• Christopher Columbus
• Lewis and Clark
• Henry Hudson
• Charles Laroy