- 1. Although Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, which country financed his expedition to the New World?
A) Spain
B) England
C) France
D) Portugal
- 2. How many native people lived in the New World before Columbus arrived?
A) 2 million
B) 25-100 million
C) 55,678
D) 126,000
- 3. What was the first profitable item that the Portuguese found through their exploration?
A) Ivory
B) Silver
C) Gold
D) Slaves
- 4. Which of the following items is similar in size to a Viking longship?
A) A football field
B) A classroom at CY
C) A basketball court
D) A hallway in a school
- 5. Erik the Red founded the first European settlement in this area, and gave it a name that did not accurately describe the area to make it more appealing:
A) Prettyville
B) Edmonton
C) Norway
D) Greenland
- 6. On his second voyage, Christopher Columbus had 17 ships and how many men?
A) 1000+
B) 600
C) 50
D) 200
- 7. What was the first navigator to successfully voyage around the tip of Africa?
A) Prince Henry
B) Vasco de Gama
C) Leif Erikson
D) Christopher Columbus
- 8. Which best describes Christopher Columbus
A) Greedy business man
B) Lucky adventurer
C) Hero
D) Any of these
- 9. Where did Leif Erikson first land in the Americas?
A) Present day Florida
B) Present day New Jersey
C) Present day Canada
D) Present day California
- 10. Who 'sailed the ocean blue in 1492'?
A) Erik the Red
B) Bjarni Herjolfsson
C) Marco Polo
D) Christopher Columbus
- 11. Who developed a school that was focused around sailing, navigation, and exploring?
A) Gil Eanes
B) Erik the Red
C) Henry the Navigator
D) Christopher Columbus
- 12. What ocean did Old World explorers sail across to reach the New World?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
- 13. How many years before Christopher Columbus did Leif Erikson land the the New World
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 20
D) 500
- 14. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, but was willing to sail for any country that would support him financially. Why did Spain support him?
A) Christopher Columbus guaranteed them profit
B) Christopher Columbus forced stole the money from the king
C) Spain felt the need to compete with Portugal, and did not want him sailing for them
D) Christopher Columbus had already sailed around the world
- 15. What caused Prince Henry the Navigator to develop a navigation school?
A) The love of exploration
B) It was very common at this time in Europe
C) A wild side of adventure
D) The desire to develop his own trade routes
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