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WorksheetsExplorers and Discoveries Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What century did people start to travel further from home?
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
Who was an Italian explorer that traveled to Asia in the 1200s?
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
Zheng He
Ibn Battuta
How many soldiers did Zheng He travel with?
10,000 soldiers
20,000 soldiers
30,000 soldiers
40,000 soldiers
What did Zheng He want to trade?
Fruits
Spices
Gold, porcelain, silk, giraffe
Textiles
Why did people want a sea route for trading?
All of the above
It was safer
It was cheaper
It was faster
What did Columbus think he found when he discovered America?
China
Africa
India
Australia
Who discovered that the new place Columbus found was something new?
Marco Polo
Amerigo Vespucci
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
In what year did Amerigo Vespucci discover that the new place was something new?
1492
1501
1545
1520
What did Columbus think the natives of America were when he discovered it?
Africans
Asians
Indians
Europeans
In what year did Columbus die still thinking he found India?
1545
1520
1506
1492
