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Exploration of the New World

Authored by Michael Coombe

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Exploration of the New World
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Italian explorer is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492?

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which treaty divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain in 1494?

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Utrecht

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route?

Bartolomeu Dias

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

Pedro Álvares Cabral

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Spanish explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?

Hernán Cortés

Francisco Pizarro

Juan Ponce de León

Ferdinand Magellan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary motivation for European nations to explore and discover new lands during the Age of Exploration?

To spread democracy

To find new trade routes and resources

To establish peace treaties

To escape from wars in Europe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Italian explorer's name is used as the namesake for the Americas?

Marco Polo

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Amerigo Vespucci

John Cabot

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a major consequence of the European discovery of the New World?

The decline of European empires

The spread of European diseases to indigenous populations

The unification of all European countries

The end of the slave trade

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