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