WorksheetsLand of Hope quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
which of the following countries took the lead in exploration?
Portugal
England
France
Spain
Who wrote Utopia?
John Dos passos
Robert Frost
Francis Bacon
Sir Thomas More
In which modern day-country country is it believed that Leif Eriksson first stepped onto ground in North America?
United States
Bahamas
Canada
Mexico
Which major technological advancement allowed ships to sail against the wind?
Printing press
Tacking
Carrack
Caravel
who said, ''To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child''
John Dos Passos
Cicero
vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
Whose memoir inspired other navigators and explorers?
Bartolomeu Dias
Marco polo
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
What is believed about Leif Eriksson that makes him significant to our history class?
He made four voyages to the New world.
He discovered Greenland and planted its first colony.
He was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
He was the first European to reach the North American continent.
who was the first to sail to the around the cape of good hope to India?
vasco da gama
prince henry the navigator
marco polo
Bartolomeu Dias
Who wrote the new Atlantis?
John Dos passos
Sir Thomas More
Robert Frost
Francis Bacon
Who had found a route to the East and was holding it a secret?
Spanish
British
Portuguese
Italian
Who sacked Constantinople and made travel to the East more dangerous?
The Crusaders
The Italians
The Mongols
The Ottoman Turks
Who named Greenland?
Leif Eriksson
Erik the Red
Bartolomeu Dias
Infante Henrique
Which two monarchs supported Columbus on his journeys to find the Indies
Who was Leif's father? What did his father begin?
Erik the red and he found the first European settlement
Thorvald and he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
Bjarni Herjulfsson and he found an Indian settlement
Leif and he found a settlement
Who converted Eriksson to Christianity?
Thor of Valhalla
Nicholas of Russia
Ferdinand of Spain
King Olaf I
America's founding was like a new branch; it was the same as the rest of the ''tree.'' TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
TRUE
The purpose of our book is to help us learn what we need to know to be good citizens and to appreciate our country TRUE OR FALSE?
False
TRUE
Leif Eriksson tried to plant a colony in New England,but was unsuccessful TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
TRUE
When America was founded, Europe was undergoing many changes such as religious and technological TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
FALSE
Once Portugal discovered a route to the '' the Indies'' they shared it with other countries TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
FALSE
The name ''America'' comes from the Italian navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
TRUE
How many wife's did Henry VIII have?
6
5
7
3
