WorksheetsEuropean Explorers Ch. 4
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
He was born in Italy and sponsored by Spain. He landed in the Bahamas and thought he was in Asia.
Columbus
Balboa
Cabot
Hudson
He is known for discovering America, but did not really do that!
Hudson
Columbus
Cabot
Balboa
All explorers wanted this so that they could get rich! It was not always shiny, but it was always used to make money!
Gold
God
Glory
What year did Columbus first land in the New World?
1452
1492
1500
952
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate (sail around) the world?
Christopher Columbus
Pedro Cabral
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
Which continents are known as the "New World"?
Africa and Asia
North America and Europe
Africa and South America
North and South America
What killed most Native Americans in the New World after the Europeans arrived?
weapons
slavery
disease
starvation
What was Columbus looking for when he sailed west, across the Atlantic Ocean?
Gold
Water route to China and India.
The Americas
Spain
Which European explorer is America named after?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry Hudson
What was the name of the Spanish empire in the Americas?
New Spain
Tenochtitlan
Fort St. Louis
Mexico City
What was the name of the Aztec city conquered by Hernan Cortes?
New Spain
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Fort St. Louis
What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?
the Silk Road
the St. Lawrence Shuttle
the Columbian Exchange
the Polo Express
