- 1. Which explorer is credited with discovering the New World?
A) Amerigo Vespucci
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) Marco Polo
- 2. In what year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas?
A) 1510
B) 1500
C) 1492
D) 1530
- 3. Which European power established colonies in the New World primarily for fur trade?
A) Spain
B) England
C) Portugal
D) France
- 4. What was the name of the settlement established by the Pilgrims in present-day Massachusetts in 1620?
A) Jamestown
B) Roanoke
C) Plymouth
D) Salem
- 5. Which Spanish conquistador is known for his conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru?
A) Ponce de Leon
B) Pedro Alvares Cabral
C) Hernan Cortes
D) Francisco Pizarro
- 6. What crop became a valuable export for the English colonies in the New World?
A) Cotton
B) Tea
C) Tobacco
D) Sugar
- 7. Who famously explored the Louisiana Purchase territory for the United States?
A) Amerigo Vespucci
B) Marco Polo
C) Lewis and Clark
D) Jacques Cartier
- 8. Which European nation established the first permanent settlement in the New World?
A) France
B) England
C) Spain
D) Portugal
- 9. What agreement divided the unexplored world between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
A) Berlin Conference
B) Treaty of Tordesillas
C) Yalta Conference
D) Congress of Vienna
- 10. Who was the leader of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia during its early years?
A) John Rolfe
B) John Smith
C) Christopher Newport
D) Pocahontas
- 11. Who is credited with naming the Pacific Ocean?
A) Vasco da Gama
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Hernan Cortes
- 12. Who is known for discovering the sea route to India in 1498?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Marco Polo
D) Vasco da Gama
- 13. Which explorer reached the coast of present-day Newfoundland in 1497 and gave England a claim in North America?
A) John Cabot
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Jacques Cartier
D) James Cook
- 14. What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
A) Boston
B) Roanoke
C) Plymouth
D) Jamestown
- 15. Who is known as the founder of Quebec City in Canada?
A) Samuel de Champlain
B) Henry Hudson
C) Jacques Cartier
D) Sieur de La Salle
- 16. The Spanish conquistadors were primarily seeking what when they came to the New World?
A) Gold
B) Technology
C) Land
D) Religious freedom
- 17. Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River in Canada?
A) Henry Hudson
B) Jacques Cartier
C) Samuel de Champlain
D) John Cabot
- 18. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620?
A) Santa Maria
B) Susan Constant
C) Endeavour
D) Mayflower
- 19. Who was the explorer who claimed the Mississippi River for France?
A) Robert de La Salle
B) René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
C) Louis Jolliet
D) Jacques Marquette
- 20. Who was the Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?
A) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
B) Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
C) Hernando de Soto
D) Juan Ponce de León
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