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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who discovered the New World (the Americas)?
Ferdinand
Magellan
Christopher
Columbus
Amerigi
Vespucci
King and Queen
Ferdinand
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he sailed to America?
India
China
America
New England
Who paid for the ships and supplies for the trips to America?
King of England
King of India
Queen of France
Queen of Spain
What was the voyage across the ocean for originally?
To find new land
To find gold
To trade for spices and silk
To meet new people
Spanish soldiers were called ____.
militia
conquistadors
military
aviators
Who figured out that Columbus had in fact discovered a new land and had the new land named after him? (a)
This person actually sailed to America before Columbus according to artifacts found.
King Ferdinand
Amerigo Vespucci
Leif Erikson
Ferdinand Magellan
What were the natives of the new land called?
Indians
Americans
Cherokee
Natives
Reorder the following
Columbus went to Spain looking to get funds to sail
Columbus sailed to the Americas
Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the Americas
The Spanish Soldiers came to America
The Spanish took over South America
Why did the Spanish come to the New World?
Spices
silk
gold
slaves
Name 2 other countries that colonized the New Land other than Spain.
Germany and Ireland
England and Poland
France and Mexico
France and England
