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Total questions: 20
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Name
Class
Date
1.
I was truly the first person in the Americas. I arrived here with my Viking friends in the year 1000 AD.
a)
Columbus
b)
Polo
c)
Erickson
d)
Cabot
2.
I was the person who named the Pacific Ocean. My men were among the first to travel around the world, but unfortunately I died in battle in the Philippine Islands.
a)
Balboa
b)
Vespucci
c)
Columbus
d)
Magellan
3.
He was from Italy but sailed for Spain in the year 1492
a)
Magellan
b)
Diaz
c)
Columbus
d)
Cabral
4.
First explorer to circumnavigate the world, or shall we say, his crew was first
a)
Magellan
b)
John Glen
c)
Amelia Earhart
d)
Cortez
5.
Although his crew sailed the entire way around the world and he died 3/4 of the way, this explorer was given credit for sailing around the world
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Dr. Scholls
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Coranado Magellan
6.
Spanish Explorer who explored southeastern part of the US and the first European to reach the Mississippi River
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
7.
English Explorer who discovered a famous river named after him. Hudson Bay is what is now the state of New York.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
John Cabot
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
Henry Hudson
8.
Across which ocean did our explorers all sail?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
9.
Goals of the English, French and Dutch
a)
Circumnavigate the world before the Spanish
b)
Spread Catholicism to the New World
c)
Find a Northwest Passage to Asia
d)
Create colonies in Mesoamerica
10.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
the trading of goods between the Old and New Worlds
b)
Columbus's marketplace in the New World
c)
The spreading of European ideas into new areas
d)
the successful trip around Africa to Asia
11.
John Cabot was a Spanish conquistador.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Hernando De Soto claimed land for Spain.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Identify the explorer. He sailed for France.
a)
Cabot
b)
Hudson
c)
LaSalle
d)
De Soto
14.
Identify the explorer. He was a Spanish conquistador.
a)
Cabot
b)
Hudson
c)
LaSalle
d)
De Soto
15.
Identify the explorer. He sailed for England and the Netherlands.
a)
Cabot
b)
Hudson
c)
LaSalle
d)
De Soto
16.
Identify the explorer. He explored Canada, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River.
a)
Cabot
b)
Hudson
c)
LaSalle
d)
De Soto
17.
Many explorers searched for the ___ Passage in order to find an easier way to reach Asia.
a)
Northwest
b)
Southwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Northeast
18.
An Astrolabe is used to
a)
look at the stars, moon, and solar system
b)
keep accurate time of the voyage
c)
used to calculate the position of the stars, moon, and sun
d)
used to determine the latitude of the sun, moon, and stars
19.
John Cabot sailed for which country?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Portugal
20.
La Salle explored which region?
a)
East Canada
b)
Mississippi River Valley
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Canadian Shield
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