Quiz sobre el Descubrimiento de América por Cristóbal Colón

What led Christopher Columbus to believe that the earth was round?

• The help of the Catholic Monarchs

• His love of geography and maps

• Its humble origins

• Your trip to Portugal

¿Qué hizo Colón al llegar a la isla de Guanahani?

• Building a fort

• Name it San Salvador

• Continue to China

• Return to Spain

What names were given to the three caravels that Columbus used on his voyage?

• Santa Maria, La Pinta, La Niña

• Santa Rosa, La Paloma, La Mariposa

• Santa Lucía, La Perla, La Estrella

• Santa Isabel, La Reina, La Princesa

What did Columbus discover on his voyages to Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Honduras?

• Nuevas rutas comerciales

• New settlements

• New spices

• New lands

What did Columbus think he had discovered on his voyages to America?

• A new route to Asia

• An archipelago in the Pacific

• A continent unknown to Europe

• A Spanish colony

What did Columbus think he had found when he died in 1506?

• A new plant species

• A new route to America

• A new colony

• A new route to Asia

Why is America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

• For his friendship with Christopher Columbus

• For being the first European to arrive in America

• For discovering that the land was not part of Asia

• For being a great Italian navigator

Why is Colombia named after Christopher Columbus?

• To explore Venezuela

• Discovering a new route to Asia

• For being a great navigator

• For discovering America