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