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Early Exploration
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  • 1. What is the name of the man who defeated the Aztecs?
A) Hernando de Soto
B) Montezuma
C) John Cabot
D) Hernando Cortes
  • 2. Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
A) Hernando Cortez
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Atthalupa
D) Montezuma
  • 3. Which Explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth?
A) Juan Ponce de leon
B) Hernando Cortez
C) John Cabot
D) Christopher Columbus
  • 4. Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?
A) East Indies
B) Phillipines
C) Guam
D) America
  • 5. What was Ferdinand Magellan searching for?
A) East Indies
B) Phillipines
C) Guam
D) Chile
  • 6. What is the name of the Spanish Conquistador that conquered the Incas?
A) Hernando Cortes
B) Francisco Pizzaro
C) John Cabot
D) Jaun Ponce de Leon
  • 7. Who was the name of the Inca leader when the Incas were defeated?
A) Sai
B) Atahuallpa
C) Montezuma
D) Aadrika
  • 8. Who was the German priest who openly called for reforms in the Catholic Church?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Martin Luther
C) Tom Brady
D) Amerigo Vespucci
  • 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) Vasco de Nunez de Balboa
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) John Cabot
  • 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) Ferdinan Megellan
B) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
C) Estevez Pacifico
D) John Cabot
  • 15. Mexico City is located over which former great Aztec city?
A) Tenochtitlan
B) Tlaloc
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Quetzalcoatl
  • 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) Ponce de Leon
B) De Soto
C) Cabrillo
D) Coronando
  • 18. Which explorer seached the coast of California and the Pacific Ocean?
A) Cabrillo
B) Ferdinand Megellan
C) Ponce de leon
D) Vasco de Nunez Balboa
  • 19. What vocabulary word is another name for religious teachers?
A) Martin Luther
B) Missionaries
C) Reform
D) Counter-Reformation
  • 20. Francisco Pizzaro was a Spanish Conquistador
A) False
B) True
  • 21. Who did Giovanni da Verrazon sail for?
A) English
B) Spain
C) French
D) Italy
  • 22. Who did King Frances send to search for the Northwest Passage?
A) St. Lawerence
B) John Cabot
C) Jacques Carter
D) Giovanni da Verrazzano
  • 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 de Soto
B) Hernando Cortes
C) Jaun Ponce de Leon
D) Jacques Carter
  • 25. What was Coronando searching for?
A) East indies
B) Northwest Passage
C) 7 Cities of Gold
D) Fountain of Youth
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