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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This navigator sailed for Spain. America was named after him.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernán Cortés
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Italian merchant who wrote a book about his travels to the Far East along the Silk Road.
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A French explorer who built a fortress in what is now Quebec City in Canada. He is known as the “Father of New France.”
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Henri de Tonti
Louis Jolliet
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This Italian explorer, working for France, traveled the Northwest Coast and New York Harbor looking for a sea route to Asia. A bridge named after this explorer connects Staten Island and Brooklyn.
Giovanni Da Verrazzano
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Marco Polo
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The conquistador defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico for Spain.
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Diego Velazquez
Juan de Salazar
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Although his ship succeeded in circumnavigating the entire world, he did not survive the entire trip.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
James Cook
Vasco da Gama
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This explorer overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru.
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
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