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European Colonization

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country was NOT part of the European Colonization of the Americas?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

England

2.

What does circumnavigate mean?

a)

travel one place to another

b)

cross the prime meridian

c)

cross the equator

d)

travel around the world

3.

Where did Columbus think he had landed?

a)

Asia

b)

America

c)

India

d)

Brazil

4.

What continents made up the "New World"?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Asia

5.

Which explorer has a river and bay in New York named after him?

a)

Drake

b)

Columbus

c)

Hudson

d)

Champlain

6.

The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Francisco Coronado

7.

Which explorer landed in and then named Florida?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Balboa

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Columbus

8.

What continents made up the "Old World"?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Asia

9.

Who are the Americas named after?

a)

Columbus

b)

Vespucci

c)

Champlain

d)

none of these

10.

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

a)

to establish trading posts

b)

to find a water route to Asia

c)

to exchange ideas with native peoples

d)

to explore North and South America

11.

What are the 3 Gs that motivated the European Explorers to explore the "New World"?

(a)  

12.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

(a)