Lesson Quiz 2-2

By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americans.

• True
• False

Vasco da Gama led voyages for Spain.

• True
• False

The sourthern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's King John.

• True
• False

Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• True
• False

Which of these was the largest ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage?

• the Nina
• the Isabella
• the Santa Maria
• the Pinta

From where did Porguguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400s?

• the Mediterranean Coast
• the Cape of Good Hope
• the Orange River
• the Gold Coast

Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Where were the Vikings from?

• Iceland
• England
• Germany
• Scandinavia

Where in North America did the Vikings land in the 800's?

• Florida
• Iceland / Greenland
• Mexico
• New York