Ch3L3 An Unknown Continent pg. 123-124Quiz

Who paid an Italian sailor named Giovanni Caboto to lead an expedition across the Atlantic in 1497?

• The king of Spain

• The king of France

• The king of England

• The king of Portugal

What did Giovanni Caboto claim to have found when he returned to England?

• The Indies

• Cathay

• A new route to China

• Gold mines

What realization did Amerigo Vespucci come to regarding the lands found by Columbus, Caboto, and himself?

• They had found a new route to the Indies

• They had discovered a previously unknown continent

• They had reached Asia

• They had found the richest fishing grounds

Who was the first to prove Vespucci's idea by crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513?

• Christopher Columbus

• Martin Waldseemüller

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• John Cabot

When did Columbus Day become a federal holiday in the United States?

• 1971

• 1792

• 1865

• 1900

What does the Isthmus of Panama connect?

• Europe and Asia

• North America and South America

• Africa and Europe

• Australia and Antarctica

Who landed on the east coast of the Isthmus of Panama and marched west?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Francisco Pizarro

What ocean did Balboa's explorers eventually reach?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

What was the English name given to Giovanni Caboto?

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas is called a(n) _.

• claim

• isthmus

• demarcation

• treaty