European Explorers Quiz

Who were the map makers during the Age of Explorations?

• Navigators

• Cartographers

• Astronomers

• Merchants

Which explorer reached America in 1492?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernán Cortés

Which disease is characterized by swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C?

• Rickets

• Scurvy

• Beriberi

• Pellagra

What was Christopher Columbus unaware of at the time of his death?

• The discovery of America

• The discovery of a new trade route to India

• The discovery of Australia

• The discovery of the Pacific Ocean

Which treaty was responsible for creating the Line of Demarcation?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Westphalia

Who claimed that Columbus had discovered a "New World" and thus named it America in 1507?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

Match the following

• Discovered America

• Christopher Columbus

• First European to reach India by sea

• Ferdinand Magellan

• First European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Created a school for navigation

• Prince Henry “The Navigator”

• First to circumnavigate the world

• Vasco da Gama

What 2 Gs are missing from this list: God, _______, _________

​ (a)   ​

• Gold, Glory
• Geography, Gold
• Galaxy, Glory

What was the reason Europeans first set out to sea?

• to go on vacation

• to find new sea routes to Africa

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to visit the Americas