Explorers Study Session

Who were the first European people known to have visited the Americas?
1. Italians
2. Spanish
3. Portuguese
4. Vikings
What man's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Christopher Columbus
What was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas?
1. Jamestown
2. Vinland
3. Philadelphia
4. Greenland
What was the Northwest Passage?
1. an actual water route that crossed North America
2. an actual Indian trail that crossed North America
3. a water route that crossed North America that actually did not exist
4. a Indian trail that crossed North America that actually did not exist
Who was the European whose descriptions of the riches of China made people want to go to Asia?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Marco Polo
Who were the people who died from hunger, overwork, & diseases after being enslaved by the Spanish?
1. Native Americans
2. Siberians
3. African
4. Japanese
What was the main crop or "cash crop" that made Jamestown a success instead of a failure?
1. corn
2. wheat
3. tobacco
4. green beans
What year did Columbus land in the Americas for the first time?
1. 1492
2. 1592
3. 1692
4. 1792
Which Portuguese explorer found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Marco Polo
What was the name of the city captured by the Turks, which closed off trade routes between Europe & Asia?
1. Guanahani
2. London
3. Constantinople
4. Chicago
What did Columbus hope to find when he began his expedition for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella?
1. the Pacific Ocean
2. a route around the world
3. an eastern water route to Asia
4. a western water route to Asia
What were people referred to as if they came to the Americas to convert the native people to Christianity?
1. cartographers
2. converters
3. missionaries
4. mercenaries
Which body of water was reached by Spanish explorer, Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
1. Indian Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
Who proved that it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Christopher Columbus
What was the main reason that Ferdinand and Isabella allowed Columbus to sail for Spain?
1. to spread religion
2. to bring back tobacco
3. to kill native leaders
4. all of the above
Which Italian explorer & cartographer discovered that Columbus had not reached Asia?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Giovanni Caboto
4. Michael Rossetti
What were three riches that European traders could get from Asia?
1. spices, gold, silk
2. tobacco, corn, silk
3. tobacco, gold, silk
4. spices, gold, tobacco
Which of the following navigational instruments were used during the Age of Exploration?
1. compass
2. astrolabe
3. maps
4. all of these
What was the main source of wealth for France in North America?
1. corn
2. furs
3. tobacco
4. gold
What was the “new world”?
1. North America & South America
2. Europe
3. all unexplored land
4. the United States
What year did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock?
1. 1492
2. 1565
3. 1607
4. 1620
What year was the first permanent European settlement in North America, named St. Augustine, founded?
1. 1492
2. 1565
3. 1607
4. 1620
Who were the people brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists?
1. Native Americans
2. Siberians
3. African
4. Japanese
Who was the Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators?
1. King Ferdinand
2. Prince Henry
3. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
4. Princess Diana
Who is America named after?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Giovanni Caboto
4. Michael Rossetti

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