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Chapter 1 Lesson 4: European Exploration in the Americas

Authored by Debbie U.G.

History

6th Grade

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Chapter 1 Lesson 4:  European Exploration in the Americas
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Columbus hope to find on his voyage funded by Spain?

A new continent

A route to the East Indies

A new species of animal

A new type of plant

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first Spanish colony in the Americas?

Mexico City

La Havana

Santo Domingo

St. Augustine

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Magellan not return to Spain?

He was captured

He was killed in the Philippine Islands

He decided to stay in Asia

He lost his ship

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group of people is believed to have crossed the Bering Strait into North America?

Europeans

Asians

Africans

Australians

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the first people to circumnavigate the Earth?

Columbus and his crew

Magellan and his crew

Vikings

Polynesians

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year did Columbus first see land on his voyage?

1492

1506

1513

1519

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main reason Europeans explored the Americas from the late 1400s to the early 1600s?

To find new species

To establish trade routes

Colonization

To learn new languages

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