Lesson Quiz 2
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Lesson Quiz 2 Exploring the Americas DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus’s first voyage? A. the Niña
C. the Santa María
B. the Isabella
D. the Pinta
2. Henry the Navigator laid the groundwork of an exploration era for which country or state? A. France
C. Spain
B. Portugal
D. Venice
3. From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400s? A. the Mediterranean Coast
C. the Orange River
B. the Cape of Good Hope
D. the Gold Coast
4. Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia? A. Christopher Columbus B. Vasco Núñez de Balboa C. Amerigo Vespucci D. Ferdinand Magellan
A. Christopher Columbus B. Vasco Núñez de Balboa C. Amerigo Vespucci D. Ferdinand Magellan DIRECTIONS: True/False Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). 6. Just as the men on Christopher Columbus’s first voyage were ready to rebel, a lookout on one of his ships spotted land. 7. By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americas. 8. Vasco da Gama led voyages of exploration for Spain. 9. The southern tip of Africa was renamed from the “Cape of Storms” to the “Cape of Good Hope” by Portugal’s King John. 10. Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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5. Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Lesson Quiz 2 Exploring the Americas DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus’s first voyage? A. the Niña
C. the Santa María
B. the Isabella
D. the Pinta
2. Henry the Navigator laid the groundwork of an exploration era for which country or state? A. France
C. Spain
B. Portugal
D. Venice
3. From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400s? A. the Mediterranean Coast
C. the Orange River
B. the Cape of Good Hope
D. the Gold Coast
4. Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia? A. Christopher Columbus B. Vasco Núñez de Balboa C. Amerigo Vespucci D. Ferdinand Magellan
A. Christopher Columbus B. Vasco Núñez de Balboa C. Amerigo Vespucci D. Ferdinand Magellan DIRECTIONS: True/False Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). 6. Just as the men on Christopher Columbus’s first voyage were ready to rebel, a lookout on one of his ships spotted land. 7. By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americas. 8. Vasco da Gama led voyages of exploration for Spain. 9. The southern tip of Africa was renamed from the “Cape of Storms” to the “Cape of Good Hope” by Portugal’s King John. 10. Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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5. Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
