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  • 1. What was Christopher Columbus most known for?
A) First to the top of Mount Everest
B) First to circumnavigate the globe
C) Discovering the Hudson River
D) Starting the European exploration of America
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 2. What was the first land that Columbus' and his crew saw in the New World?
A) The island of San Salvador
B) Florida
C) Mexico
D) Massachusetts
E) The Island of Cuba
  • 3. What continent did Columbus think he had reached when he visited the Americas?
A) Asia
B) Australia
C) South America
D) Antarctica
E) Africa
  • 4. True or False: Columbus was the first person to set foot on land in either of the American continents?
A) True
B) False
  • 5. What is Hernan Cortes most known for?
A) First to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the South Pacific
C) Starting the European exploration of America
D) Conquering the Aztec Empire
E) First to visit the South Pole
  • 6. What was the name of the Aztec capital city that Cortes conquered?
A) Tulum
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Palenque
D) Chichen Itza
E) Cholula
  • 7. What position did Cortes receive after he conquered the Aztecs?
A) Governor of New Spain
B) King of the Aztecs
C) Captain in the army
D) King of Spain
E) Mayor of Juarez
  • 8. What body of water was originally named the Sea of Cortes?
A) Gulf of California
B) Laka Chapala
C) Gulf of Mexico
D) San Juan River
E) Magdalena Bay
  • 9. What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
C) Exploring the South Pacific
D) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
E) Conquering the Inca Empire
  • 10. What advantages did Pizarro have over the Inca?
A) iron weapons
B) horses
C) all of the above
D) guns
E) cannons
  • 11. What weakened the Inca and made them easier for Pizarro to conquer?
A) They had recently been attacked by the Aztec
B) The hot summer weather
C) Poor diet
D) Diseases such as smallpox
E) Drought
  • 12. How did Francisco Pizarro die?
A) He fell off a cliff in the Andes Mountains
B) He was poisoned by one of his soldiers
C) He died of old age in Spain
D) He was killed in a battle against the Inca
E) He was assassinated by his partner's men
  • 13. On what island did Ponce de Leon establish the first Spanish settlement and later become governor?
A) Cuba
B) Puerto Rico
C) Jamaica
D) Roanoke
E) Hispaniola
  • 14. What is Juan Ponce de Leon most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) Exploring Florida and searching for the Fountain of Youth
C) Conquering the Inca Empire
D) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 15. What land did Ponce de Leon discover and name while searching for new islands north of Puerto Rico?
A) Cuba
B) Florida
C) Jamaica
D) Mexico
E) Texas
  • 16. Why did Ponce de Leon return to Florida in 1521?
A) To establish a Spanish colony
B) To fight the English
C) To map the coastline
D) To fight the natives
E) To search for gold
  • 17. What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
C) Exploring the South Pacific
D) Mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic
E) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
  • 18. What continent did Magellan sail south of at the start of his voyage?
A) Asia
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Antarctica
E) Africa
  • 19. What did Magellan call the Straits of Magellan when he first discovered the passage?
A) Anguilla Channel
B) Bohai Strait
C) King Charles Straits
D) Les Saints Passage
E) All Saints' Channel
  • 20. How did Magellan die?
A) He died of old age in Spain
B) He was killed by local tribes in the Philippine Islands
C) He was killed by pirates in the Indian Ocean
D) His ship sunk somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
E) He died of malaria while exploring Australia
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