
The Exploration of the Americas Test Review
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who opened up a school to train people to become expert navigators?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Items such as spices, silk, and porcelain were originally found in which continent?
Asia
Africa
Europe
South America
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer got credit as being the first to sail all the way around the world? He also discovered a passage from the Atlantic to Pacific.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
James Cook
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened in 1492?
Christopher Columbus discovered America
The French Revolution began
The first man landed on the moon
The Berlin Wall fell
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Spain, France, and England hope to find during the Exploration Era?
New trade routes
Gold and riches
New territories
All of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Time period during the 1400s & 1500s when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes to China and India. Resulted in the discovery of North and South America by the Europeans.
The Age of Exploration
The Industrial Revolution
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, he claimed San Salvador, Cuba, and Hispaniola for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
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