European Exploration Quiz

One main reason for European exploration was to -

• discover new animals

• conquer Africa

• discover new spices

• spread Christianity

What is Amerigo Vespucci's contribution to history?

• He sailed around the globe

• He claimed that the Americas were a “new world”

• He conquered the Incas

• He searched for a Northwest passage

Who were the first Europeans in North America?

• The Vandals

• The Dutch

• The English

• The Vikings

Who named and claimed Canada for France?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• Joseph Nicollet

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador made alliances with indigenous groups, exploring and conquering large parts of Mexico. His name was…?

• Juan de Salazar
• Diego Velázquez
• Hernán Cortés
• Francisco Pizarro

Which explorer conquered the Incas?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando de Soto

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who sailed the routes pictured above and claimed modern-day New York for the Dutch in 1609?

• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Jacques Cartier

The images below depict goods from…?

• The New World

• The Old World

• Columbia

• Africa

Which economic theory influenced European exploitation and colonization of North America?

• Supply and demand

• Tenant farming

• The Reformation

• Mercantilism

This Spanish explorer led the first known European expedition to Florida.

• Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• Columbus

• De Soto