WorksheetsWorld Explorers (Carraher)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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 am the conquistador that conquered much of what is today the southeastern U.S. for Spain. I was a very stern man.
a)
Cortes
b)
de Soto
c)
Pizarro
d)
Coronado
3.
I took control of the Inca empire and claimed it for Spain.
a)
Cortes
b)
de Leon
c)
de Soto
d)
Pizarro
4.
I am the conquistador that went looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. Though I never found these cities, I did conquer much of what is today the southwestern U.S. for Spain.
a)
Cortes
b)
Pizarro
c)
de Soto
d)
Coronado
5.
I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean as I climbed over a mountaintop.
a)
Balboa
b)
Vespucci
c)
Magellan
d)
Cabot
6.
I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
7.
I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I was the first to step foot on what is today U.S.A. soil.
a)
de Soto
b)
Erikson
c)
Columbus
d)
de Leon
8.
What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
a)
the Dutch
b)
the English
c)
the Spanish
d)
the Vikings
9.
Which of the following was NOT one of the "Three Gs" of why Spain came to the New World?
a)
Gold
b)
Glory
c)
God
d)
Good Time
10.
Why did the French come to the New World?
a)
Gold
b)
Establish new cities
c)
Fur Trade
d)
Spread religious beliefs
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