European Explorers CKLA Domain Quiz

Which of the following explorers was sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen

Isabella of Spain?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

Which of the following cities is the oldest continuously inhabited city in North

America settled by Europeans?

• Hispaniola

• Cuba

• St. Augustine

• Manhattan

Which of the following words means “conqueror” and describes someone who

traveled to North, Central, and South America to look for wealth, conquer the

native peoples, and take over land?

• friar

• explorer

• missionary

• conquistador

Which explorer wrote about his friendly contact with native people as he

traveled upstream by river in search of a Northwest Passage?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Samuel de Champlain

Which European explored the areas that today are Florida, Georgia, South

Carolina, and Alabama, and killed more than two thousand Mississippians?

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which explorer took a native chief, Vitachuco, prisoner?

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which of the following words means “the process of taking control of an area

and sending people to the newly controlled land to develop a settlement there”?

• converted

• colonization

• expedition

• achievement

Which of the following words means “unfamiliar”?

• uncharted

• investigative

• demoralized

• disastrous

Why is 1492 called “the year that changed the world”?

• Christopher Columbus discovered a short path to Asia.

• Christopher Columbus discovered a new land.

• The Native Americans walked from Asia to South America.

Why did Juan Ponce de León leave the island of Hispaniola and explore

nearby areas?

• He was searching for gold. Legend has it that

  he may have heard a story about a Fountain of Youth, and he may

  have also been searching for that.

• He wanted to conquor another land and become a world leader.

• He wanted to join a Native American tribe, and become one of their own.