Exploration and Settlement of the Americas

What motivated the first settlers to migrate to the Western hemisphere?

• A desire for adventure

• The lure of freedom and new opportunities

• Seeking religious freedom

• Escaping from war

Which ancient civilizations are mentioned as having left remnants in the Americas?

• The Egyptians and Greeks

• The Inca, Maya, and Aztecs

• The Romans and Persians

• The Chinese and Japanese

Who was Leif Erikson and what was his significance?

• A Spanish explorer who discovered Florida

• An Italian explorer who sailed to India

• A French explorer who mapped the Mississippi River

• A Norse explorer who attempted to start a colony in Newfoundland

What is the significance of the Isle of the Blessed in ancient literature?

• It was a place of exile for criminals

• It was a trading hub in the Mediterranean

• It represented a mythical paradise in the West

• It was a real island discovered by Columbus

Which literary works are mentioned as expressions of the promise of the West?

• Thomas More's Utopia and Francis Bacon's New Atlantis

• Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio

• Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth

• Homer's Iliad and Odyssey