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The narrow dangerous passage "discovered" in 1518 that cuts through the Southern tip of South America is called?
The Drake Passage
The Strait(s) of Magellan
The Chilean Sea
The Argentinian Bay
In 1488, this Portuguese Explorer was the first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco Da Gama
This man was the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery. He was the fourth child of the Portuguese king John I and responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade with other continents.
Prince Harry
Prince Lou
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Jake
The cape commonly -but incorrectly -referred to as the Southern tip of Africa is called
the Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Well Being
Cape of Blessed Mary
Cape of Bad Dreams
June, 30, 1520 is known in Mexico as
El Bandito dia
La Bueno Dia
La Noche Triste
Founded in 1602 in the Netherlands, this Company was responsible for much of the early exploration of North America
Belgium Caravel Company
Netherlands Inc.
Dutch East India Company
Hudson Corporation
In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed on behalf of which country to the Northern parts of Canada
The Netherlands (Dutch)
Spain
England
Portugal
The leader of the Incan Empire who was killed in 1533 was named
Montezuma
Nefertiti
Balboa
Atahualpa
The name of the Pacific Ocean which in Portuguese translates to "Peaceful Sea," was named by whom and in which year?
Bartolomeu Dias in 1488
Hernan Cortes in 1519
Ferdinanad Magellan in 1522
Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1508
This is a narrow strip of land that stretches across a body of water to connect two larger land masses.
peninsula
island
isthmus
ravine
This Portuguese sailor was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India by sea.
Sir Edmund Allenby
Sir Francis Drake
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco Da Gama
Sailing under the Spanish Crown , this Italian born Explorer told of his findings (from 1497-1501) and of not reaching "the West Indies," but in fact reaching a new continent and a "New World."
Christopher Columbus
Leonardo DaVinci
Leonardo DiCaprio
Americo Vespucci
Who was the man who captained and navigated Magellan's fleet for the first circumnavigation of the world after Ferdinand Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521 at the battle of Mactan?
Jose Rijo
Juan Sebastian El Cano
Fidel Castro
Roberto Alomar
This route around the South American continent and south of the Magellan Strait is called
the Silk Road
the Drake Passage
the Water Highway
the Da Gama llama
He was a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England was the first European exploration of coastal North America (since the Vikings).
Amerigo Vespucci
Cristoforo Colombo
Giovanni Cabotto
Sebastian El Cano
Early symptoms of this disease include weakness, feeling tired, and sore arms and legs. Without treatment, decreased red blood cells, gum disease, changes to hair, and bleeding from the skin may occur.As it worsens there can be poor wound healing, personality changes, and finally death from infection or bleeding. This is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C acid.
psoriasis
tetter
scurvy
dysentary
This man was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named the Huron-Iroquois word "kanata", or village "The Country of Canadas"
Henry Hudson
Hernan Cortes
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
This word means to make full use of and derive benefit from
exercise
expound
exploit
excavate
This is a small, Portuguese engineered sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.
yacht
gulley
catamaran
caravel
This Conquistador who had a longstanding conflict with Francisco Pizarro over the control for the former Inca capital of Cuzco which erupted into a civil war between the two bands of conquistadores and led to his death, was named?
Hernan Cortes
Diego de Almagro
Franco Colombo
Juan Sebastian El Cano
This is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers and navigators to measure the inclined position in the sky of a celestial body, day or night.
Astronomy Domine
Astrolabe
Astroglider
Astros
This is an instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.
Pentagon
Quadrant
Hydrant
Vagrant
This CITY was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as Ciudad de los Reyes. It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty.
Sao Paulo
Lima
Chile
Peru
Before exploring modern day Florida and other States, this man was made Captain by Pizarro and was a major factor in the victory by the Spanish over the Incas
Vasco de Nunez Balboa
Giobotto Cabotto
Hernando DeSoto
Hernan Cortes
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century were called
Continents
Conspirators
Co-Navigators
Conquistadors
This was an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Tortillas
The Treaty which was asked about in the previous question was signed in which year?
1492
1498
1502
1494
1602
He was an English explorer famous for exploring Virginia and having a state capital named after him. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England . He was arrested for trying to find El Dorado in "Spanish" South America, and after being released on pardon, the British had him executed to appease the Spanish Crown and not make war.
Sir Edward Honolulu
King Louis I
Christopher Columbus
Sir Francis Knoxville
Sir Walter Raleigh
He was the man who drew the line to become in the sand and famously stated "There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the south."
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando Pizarro
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Name all four members of the Beatles
Hank, Paul, Joe, and Dingo
John, Paul, George and Ringo
Luke, Matthew, John and Paul
Bill, Raymond, Lou, and Ringo
Jacques Cartier was the first European to sail to the:
Gulf of Mexico
Tonkin Gulf
Gulf of Canada
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Pedro Alvares Cabral's expedition happened in the year:
1500
1494
1492
1600
The name of the Friar that told Coronado about one of the fabled cities of gold was named
Juan Ponce de Leon
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro Cabral
Marcos de Niza
This was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy which declared their right to take possession of the territories of the New World and to subjugate, exploit and, when necessary, to fight the native inhabitants?
reproachment
reclementoe
requerimiento
reckoning
After finding out that Cibola did not exist, this man told Coronado of another city of gold which he would take him to?
The Troubadour
The Monk
The Turk
The Gopher
An individual who is hired to take part in an armed conflict but is not part of a regular army or other governmental military force. They fight for money or other recompense rather than for political interests. What are they called?
mercurial
mercenary
mermaid
murderer
This person is a maker of maps:
Cartographer
Cartoonist
Carpet Bagger
Cardiologist
Canada's Eastern most province and two land masses that Jacques Cartier sailed between are called:
Montreal and Quebec
Labrador and New Foundland
German Shepherd and Labradoodle
Toronto and Detroit
Pedro de Alvarado's first thing for which he is known is taking part in the Conquest of:
Haiti
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
For what was Coronado looking?
The Grand Canyon
The 7 cities of gold
The Mississippi River
El Dorado
Pedro de Alvarado aided Cortes in the campaign to take the city of:
Tioxaca
Sao Paulo
Lima
Tenochtitlan
Panama
This Frenchman, is known for "giving" Canada its name
Samuel de Champlain
Jean Claude Van Damme
Jacques Cousteaux
Jacques Cartier
Which famous Portuguese explorer was a commander of a ship in Pedro Alvares Cabral's fleet
Vasco Da Gama
Giovanni Cabotto
Amerigo Vespucci
Bartolomeu Dias
On 18 December 1527, after his triumphs and conquests of Mayan indigenous soldiers, the king of Spain named this man as governor of Guatemala:
Hernan Cortes
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Francisco Pizarro
Vasquez Nunez de Balboa
Pedro de Alvarado
The name of the fabled city that "the Turk" told Coronado about was called:
Quivira
El Dorado
Detroit
Palo Duro
The waterway between the landmasses of Labrador and Newfoundland, which Cartier traveled is called:
Strait of Gibraltar
Cabot Strait
Strait of Belle Isle
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence River and ended up at Stadacona (present day Quebec City) where he was greeted by Donnacona, Chief of this tribe:
Hopi
Zuni
Iroquois
Seminole
Hernando de Soto first landed his fleet in the US in this present day city:
Daytona
Raleigh
Tampa
Miami
Hernando de Soto was the first European to both see and cross this US waterway:
The Gulf of Mexico
The Colorado River
The Snake River
The Strait of Belle Isle
The Mississippi River
Samuel de Champlain is known as the:
Father of Canada
Marquis de Lafayette
Father of New France
Father of France
The Beatles were from this city in England:
London
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
The Beatles 1st hit "Love Me Do" was released in this year:
1942
1952
1962
1972
