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Land of Hope quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

which of the following countries took the lead in exploration?

a)

Portugal

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Spain

2.

Who wrote Utopia?

a)

John Dos passos

b)

Robert Frost

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Sir Thomas More

3.

In which modern day-country country is it believed that Leif Eriksson first stepped onto ground in North America?

a)

United States

b)

Bahamas

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

4.

Which major technological advancement allowed ships to sail against the wind?

a)

Printing press

b)

Tacking

c)

Carrack

d)

Caravel

5.

who said, ''To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child''

a)

John Dos Passos

b)

Cicero

c)

vasco da Gama

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

6.

Whose memoir inspired other navigators and explorers?

a)

Bartolomeu Dias

b)

Marco polo

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

d)

Vasco da Gama

7.

What is believed about Leif Eriksson that makes him significant to our history class?

a)

He made four voyages to the New world.

b)

He discovered Greenland and planted its first colony.

c)

He was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

d)

He was the first European to reach the North American continent.

8.

who was the first to sail to the around the cape of good hope to India?

a)

vasco da gama

b)

prince henry the navigator

c)

marco polo

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

9.

Who wrote the new Atlantis?

a)

John Dos passos

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Francis Bacon

10.

Who had found a route to the East and was holding it a secret?

a)

Spanish

b)

British

c)

Portuguese

d)

Italian

11.

Who sacked Constantinople and made travel to the East more dangerous?

a)

The Crusaders

b)

The Italians

c)

The Mongols

d)

The Ottoman Turks

12.

Who named Greenland?

a)

Leif Eriksson

b)

Erik the Red

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Infante Henrique

13.

Which two monarchs supported Columbus on his journeys to find the Indies

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14.

Who was Leif's father? What did his father begin?

a)

Erik the red and he found the first European settlement

b)

Thorvald and he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope

c)

Bjarni Herjulfsson and he found an Indian settlement

d)

Leif and he found a settlement

15.

Who converted Eriksson to Christianity?

a)

Thor of Valhalla

b)

Nicholas of Russia

c)

Ferdinand of Spain

d)

King Olaf I

16.

America's founding was like a new branch; it was the same as the rest of the ''tree.'' TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

17.

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?

a)

False

b)

TRUE

18.

Leif Eriksson tried to plant a colony in New England,but was unsuccessful TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

19.

When America was founded, Europe was undergoing many changes such as religious and technological TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Once Portugal discovered a route to the '' the Indies'' they shared it with other countries TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

The name ''America'' comes from the Italian navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

22.

How many wife's did Henry VIII have?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

7

d)

3