Explorers and Discoveries Quiz

________________________ was an Italian explorer who landed in Vinland (present-day Newfoundland) but thought he had found Cathay (China).

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

________________________ was captured by the Turks, closing off all trade routes between Europe and Asia.

• Constantinople

• Venice

• Alexandria

• Genoa

The first European people known to visit the Americas: __________________________

• Vikings

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• French

Water route around the southern tip of Africa: __________________________

• Cape of Good Hope

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• Strait of Gibraltar

________________________ was the first Spanish Explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Ferdinand Magellan

________________________ was the Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

________________________ proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

________________________ was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas? __________________________

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Erikson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

The first European settlement in America was called __________________________.

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• St. Augustine

• Roanoke