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