Age of Exploration Test

What 3 resources were Europeans exploring the “New World” for?

• Gold, Glory, and God

• Silk, Spices, and Tea

• Land, Labor, and Love

• Fame, Fortune, and Freedom

Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for the “______” and claimed Florida for Spain in 1513.

• Fountain of Youth

• El Dorado

• City of Gold

• Lost City of Atlantis

Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who sailed up the ______ river looking for a Northwest Passage (NW) and named it Canada.

• St. Lawrence

• Mississippi

• Amazon

• Nile

Italian explorer who tried to reach India and landed in the Caribbean was ______.

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Italian Navigator who sent by England and North and South America was named after him: ______.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

The Vikings were the ______ Europeans in North America.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

Francisco Vasquez was a Spanish Conquistador who searched for the mythical “______ of gold".

• Seven Cities

• El Dorado

• Lost City

• Golden Empire

Henry Hudson was an Englishman who sailed for the Dutch and claimed the ______ for modern day New York.

• Hudson River

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

• Nile River

Vasco de Gama was a Spanish explorer who crossed the ______ to the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

• Isthmus of Panama

• Suez Canal

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Cape of Good Hope

Hernan Cortes defeated the _______ empire in 1519-1521 and claimed Mexico for _______.

• Aztecs and Spain

• Incas and Portugal

• Mayans and France