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Balboa, Cabot, and Columbus

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am the explorer that was sponsored by King Ferdinand and queen Isabell of Spain.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

2.

I was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

3.

I landed in the Bahamas, but thought I was in the West Indies.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

4.

I moved from Spain to England and changed my name.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

5.

My journeys took me to Canada and Newfoundland to claim land for England.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

6.

I was married to an Indian Princess.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

7.

I called the natives Indians because I thought I was in the Indies.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

8.

I took my son Sebastian on my first voyage.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

9.

I stayed in Hispaniola for time because my ship started leaking.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

10.

My name used to be Giovanni Cabota.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

11.

I never returned from my 2nd voyage. I am believed to have been lost at sea.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

12.

I found that there were LOTS of fish in the new land. I brought them back to England.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa

13.

I enslaved natives and I was taken back to Spain in chains.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabot

c)

Balboa