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Test Description: Who explored what and where?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of these was an impact of Christopher Columbus’s discovery and exploration of America?
A
Native people were mistreated
B
European countries decided to stop sending explorers to the New World.
C
The compass was invented
D
Europeans refused to claim for themselves the new lands they discovered.
2) What is the name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America that many explorers searched for but never found?
A
Northwest Passage
B
New World Passage
C
Southwest Passage
D
West Indies Passage
3) Which of the following areas was not explored during this Age of Exploration?
A
Mexico and the southwest United States
B
the east coast of Canada
C
the Pacific Ocean and west coast
D
the area known as Florida
4) This Spanish nobleman gave Spain a claim to what is now the southwestern United States and went in search of a city of gold.
A
Christopher Columbus
B
John Cabot
C
Francisco Coronado
D
RObert de la Salle
5) This French nobleman financed his own expedition up and down the Mississippi River Valley. He claimed the entire river valley for France.
A
Robert de La Salle
B
Francisco Coronado
C
John Cabot
D
Henry Hudson
6) This explorer convinced the rulers of Spain that Asia could be reached faster by sailing west from Europe. Although he thought he had reached Asia, he actually made the first European land claims for Spain in the New World in the 1490’s.
A
Juan Ponce de Leon
B
Jacques Cartier
C
Christopher C0lumbus
D
John Cabot
7) This explorer was an Italian merchant that explored for a year (1497) and convinced sponsors in England to support him as he looked for a new trade route to Asia. He never found the trade route, but he did explore Canada and claimed it for England
A
Jacques Cartier
B
Marquette and Jolliet
C
Rober de La Salle
D
John Cabot
8) This Spanish soldier led an expedition in search of the mythical “fountain of youth.” He never found the magical waters. Instead, he found an island called Bimini in 1513 and the land of Florida.
A
Juan Ponce de Leon
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Francisco Coronado
D
Hernan Cortes
9) This sailor was sent by the king of France to find the Northwest Passage. He never found the passage, but he made France’s first land claim in North America. He also named the St. Lawrence River.
A
Jacques Cartier
B
Henry Hudson
C
Robert de La Salle
D
John Cabot
10) This Spanish nobleman who was mistaken as a God, conquered the Aztec Empire, renaming the land New Spain (land that is now central Mexico).
A
Jacques Cartier
B
Juan Ponce de Leon
C
Hernan Cortes
D
Christopher Columbus
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