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WorksheetsChapter 2 Test
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
1. What European group came to America first?
Magellan
Columbus
Natives
Vikings
2. Who led the Vikings to America?
Leif Eriksson
Magellan
Prince Henry
Balboa
3. What was the name of the Viking settlement in America?
Iceland
Greenland
Vinland
Spain
4. Who made the first globe?
Prince Henry
Martin Behaim
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
5. Who discovered riches in Asia?
Marco Polo
John Cabot
Magellan
Dias
6. What city was captured by the Turks, stopping trade by land?
Guanahani
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Constantinople
7. Who started a school for navigation?
King Ferdinand
Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry
Balboa
8. Who sailed just around the southern tip of Africa?
Dias
Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry
Magellan
9. Who sailed all the way around Africa to Asia?
Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
Columbus
10. Where did Columbus land (Taino name)?
Guanahani
Spain
Italy
Vinlan
11. Who landed in Canada but said he found China?
Amerigo Vespucci
Ptolemy
John Cabot
Marco Polo
12. Who realized Columbus had reached a new continent?
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
King Ferdinand
Vikings
13. What did Balboa discover?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
America
Canada
14. Who finally reached Asia by sailing west (traveling around the world)?
Tainos
Columbus
Balboa
Magellan
15. Who was emperor in Tenochtitlan when Cortes conquered the Aztecs?
Pizarro
Moctezoma
Atahuallpa
Esteban
16. Who led the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?
Atahuallpa
Moctezoma
Pizarro
Cortez
17. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?
Prince of Spain, was promoted to King
Emperor of the Incas, was killed
Emperor of the Aztecs, was enslaved
A teacher, became a sailor
18. Who led the Spanish in conquering the Incas?
Pizarro
Cortez
Moctezoma
Atahuallpa
19. Where did Juan Ponce de Leon go and why?
America, looking for gold
Florida, looking for the Fountain of Youth
Spain, looking for goods
Asia, looking for silk
20. Who set out looking for the Seven Cities of Gold?
de Soto
Coronado
Ponce de Leon
Cortez
21. What lands did De Soto claim for Spain?
Southeast U.S.
Mexico
Canada
Portugal
22. What happened to the natives after the Spanish enslaved them?
escaped
died
fought back
celebrated
23. Who did the Spanish bring to work in the Americas after the natives began to run out?
Europeans
Asians
Africans
Americans
