Age of Exploration TEST

Which explorer sailed across the Atlantic, landed in the Caribbean, and 'discovered' the Americas in 1492?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Sir Francis Drake

What was Bartolomeu Diaz the first to do?

• Circumnavigate the globe
• Sail around the Cape of Good Hope
• Sail north across the Arctic
• Make it to the Moluccas

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Sir Walter Raleigh

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 G's of conquest?

• Gold
• Government
• God
• Glory

The Americas got their name from which explorer based on his journey to Brazil?

• Fernando Americana
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Sir Michael Americus
• Christopher Columbus

Who was the last emperor of the Inca Empire?

• Malinche
• Atahualpa
• Montezuma
• Tutankhamen

What was the name of the Capital City of the Aztec Empire?

• Macchu Picchu
• Tenochtitlan
• Cusco
• Cajamarca

Which country did not take part in the Age of Exploration?

• Portugal
• China
• England
• France

What monarch sponsored Columbus' voyage to the New World?

• Queen Elizabeth of England
• Queen Isabella of Spain
• King Louis of France
• King Ferdinand of Portugal

Which of the following is NOT a Portuguese explorer?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Hernan Cortes
• Bartolomeu Diaz
• Vasco de Gama