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