Early Exploration
  • 1. What is the name of the man who defeated the Aztecs?
A) Montezuma
B) John Cabot
C) Hernando de Soto
D) Hernando Cortes
  • 2. Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
A) Hernando Cortez
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Montezuma
D) Atthalupa
  • 3. Which Explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth?
A) Hernando Cortez
B) Juan Ponce de leon
C) Christopher Columbus
D) John Cabot
  • 4. Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?
A) Guam
B) America
C) Phillipines
D) East Indies
  • 5. What was Ferdinand Magellan searching for?
A) East Indies
B) Chile
C) Phillipines
D) Guam
  • 6. What is the name of the Spanish Conquistador that conquered the Incas?
A) Jaun Ponce de Leon
B) Francisco Pizzaro
C) Hernando Cortes
D) John Cabot
  • 7. Who was the name of the Inca leader when the Incas were defeated?
A) Aadrika
B) Montezuma
C) Atahuallpa
D) Sai
  • 8. Who was the German priest who openly called for reforms in the Catholic Church?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Martin Luther
D) Tom Brady
  • 9. When the America's were named, they were named after Amerigo Vespucci
A) True
B) False
  • 10. Vasco Nunez de Balbo was an excellent farmer
A) False
B) True
  • 11. Who sailed for Portugal?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Vasco de Nunez de Balboa
C) John Cabot
D) Amerigo Vespucci
  • 12. Estevanico helped the Spanish search for the city of Gold
A) True
B) False
  • 13. Marcos de Niza found the city of Gold
A) False
B) True
  • 14. Who named the Pacific Ocean?
A) Estevez Pacifico
B) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
C) Ferdinan Megellan
D) John Cabot
  • 15. Mexico City is located over which former great Aztec city?
A) Tenochtitlan
B) Huitzilopochtli
C) Quetzalcoatl
D) Tlaloc
  • 16. Which conquistador crossed the Mississippi River?
A) Coronando
B) Ponce de Leon
C) Cabrillo
D) De Soto
  • 17. Which explorer crossed the Rio Grande River?
A) De Soto
B) Ponce de Leon
C) Cabrillo
D) Coronando
  • 18. Which explorer seached the coast of California and the Pacific Ocean?
A) Vasco de Nunez Balboa
B) Ponce de leon
C) Ferdinand Megellan
D) Cabrillo
  • 19. What vocabulary word is another name for religious teachers?
A) Missionaries
B) Counter-Reformation
C) Reform
D) Martin Luther
  • 20. Francisco Pizzaro was a Spanish Conquistador
A) True
B) False
  • 21. Who did Giovanni da Verrazon sail for?
A) Spain
B) French
C) Italy
D) English
  • 22. Who did King Frances send to search for the Northwest Passage?
A) St. Lawerence
B) Giovanni da Verrazzano
C) Jacques Carter
D) John Cabot
  • 23. Explorers rarely went on expeditions to convert Native Americans to Christianity
A) False
B) True
  • 24. Which one is not a Spanish Conquistador
A) Hernando Cortes
B) Hernando de Soto
C) Jaun Ponce de Leon
D) Jacques Carter
  • 25. What was Coronando searching for?
A) Fountain of Youth
B) Northwest Passage
C) East indies
D) 7 Cities of Gold
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