Voyages of Exploration

Who founded Vinland, Helluland, and Markland?

• Leif Eriksson

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

What did Marco Polo introduce Europeans to?

• The Americas

• The Cape of Good Hope

• The Pacific Ocean

• China and Central Asia

Who was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Juan Ponce de León

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Bartolomeu Dias

What did Christopher Columbus mistakenly find while searching for a new route to India?

• America

• The Spice Islands

• Australia

• South Africa

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

• Leif Eriksson

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernán Cortés

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer is credited with giving his name to the Americas?

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

• Juan Ponce de León

Who was the first European to visit Florida?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Leif Eriksson

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which explorer defeated the Tlaxcaltec people?

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the first European to sail to India?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama

The passage through the tip of South America is named after who? (The Strait of....)

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Cortes

• Vespucci