5th Grade History Chapter 2 Quiz Pages 22-35 (Exploration) Question Preview (ID: 48021)
Exploration.
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When did Columbus set foot on an island in the Americas?
a) October 12, 1492
b) August 1492
c) October 1647
d) November 8, 1610
What allows a ship to sail into the wind?
a) quadrant
b) big square sail
c) small triangular sails
d) compass
Which settlement was governed by Peter Stuyvesant and named its capital city New Amsterdam?
a) Quebec
b) San Salvador
c) New France
d) New Netherland
Who eventually declared that Native Americans have souls?
a) Bartolomeu Dias
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Christopher Columbus
d) the pope
Where did Columbus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?
a) to the Canary Islands
b) to the Cape of Good Hope
c) to New Amsterdam
d) to the Indies
Name the person who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492.
a) Jacques Cartier
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Giovanni da Verrazzano
d) Peter Stuyvesant
Identify the Chinese invention that allowed sailors to know which direction to sail.
a) small triangular sails
b) the quadrant
c) the compass
d) big square sails
What did the quadrant help sailors determine?
a) direction of the wind
b) phases of the moon
c) the angle of the sun
d) time of day
What did Columbus persuade his sailors to do when they became restless?
a) persevere
b) give up
c) write a book
d) draw a map
Who became a monk and wrote about the treatment of the Indians?
a) Peter Stuyvesant
b) Bartolome de Las Casas
c) Bartolomeu Dias
d) Vasco da Gama
What gives a ship power?
a) big square sail
b) small triangular sails
c) compass
d) quadrant
Identify the settlement that made an agreement with the Iroquois and Hurons, established fur trading, and was hindered by cold weather?
a) San Salvador
b) New Netherland
c) the English Colony
d) New France
Who wanted to be the first to sail from Europe to India?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Giovanni da Verrazzano
d) Samuel de Champlain
When did Columbus first sail?
a) October 1492
b) November 1610
c) July 1608
d) August 1492
Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?
a) Giovanni da Verrazzano
b) Bartolomeu Dias
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Christopher Columbus
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