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Early Explorers Summative

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

  1. What country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

2.

What were the 3 main countries that sent explorers to the New World?

a)

England, France, and the Bahamas

b)

England, France, and Spain

c)

Germany, France, and Ireland

d)

Italy, Spain, and Portugal

3.

To go all of the way around the Earth is to _____________.

a)

Equate

b)

Latitudinate

c)

Circumnavigate

d)

Circulate

4.

Henry the Navigator was an explorer for the country of __________.

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

5.

When Hernando Cortez explored the New World, he ended up conquering the ___________ people.

a)

Inca

b)

Pueblo

c)

Anasazi

d)

Aztec

6.

European explorers were sent to the New World for

a)

gold, spices, and ships

b)

gold, land, and to convert the native peoples to Christianity

c)

silver, pearls, and slaves

d)

slaves, navigators, and cartographers

7.

Who is called the father of New France?

a)

La Salle

b)

Cartier

c)

Cabot

d)

Champlain

8.

The English explorer whose crow left him adrift in Hudson Bay is __________.

a)

Henry Huggins

b)

Charlie Hudson

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Henry Cabot

9.

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now __________ for France.

a)

The United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Canada

d)

Cuba

10.

Robert la Salle explored this body of water: ______________.

a)

Lake Champlain

b)

Hudson River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

New Orleans River