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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Pedro Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando Cortez
Who discovered Brazil?
Hernando Cortez
Henry Hudson
Pedro Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan
Who sailed around parts of Newfoundland and St. Lawrence River? He also claimed land for France.
Francisco Pizarro
Jacques Cartier
Hernando Cortez
Henry Hudson
Who was looking for a northwest passage to China, ended up in Delaware Bay and New York Harbor. Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Henry Hudson Bridge are all named after him.
Henry Hudson
Pedro Cabral
Hernando Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the cruel and devious Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas?
Hernando Cortez
Pedro Cabral
Henry Hudson
Francisco Pizzaro
Who sailed west looking for the Indies and discovered the Bahamas. He is given credit for discovering the New World.
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Pedro Cabral
Who was looking for gold, saw the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Hernando Cortez
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Who claimed modern day eastern Canada for England?
Jacques Cartier
Francisco Pizarro
John Cabot
Pedro Cabral
What is the movement of people, plants, animals and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean?
Columbian Trade
Trade Exchange
Columbian Marketing
The Columbian Exchange
Who was the French explorer who followed the St. Lawrence River into what is now considered the United States?
Pedro Cabral
Samuel de Champlain
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando Cortez
Who saw the Pacific Ocean and claimed it all for Spain?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
How did Magellan know that he strait he found was not an inland river but was, in fact, an ocean?
It contained salt water
It was filled with various kinds of salt water animals
It was an easy, gentle, and quick water passage that led from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
The area it covered was so large
Who traveled for 3 long years to China to become Kublai Khan's political representative and increased interest in Asia?
Marco Polo
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
