- 1. Which explorer is credited with discovering the New World?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) Marco Polo
- 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) England
C) France
D) Spain
- 4. What was the name of the settlement established by the Pilgrims in present-day Massachusetts in 1620?
A) Jamestown
B) Roanoke
C) Salem
D) Plymouth
- 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) Cotton
B) Tobacco
C) Tea
D) Sugar
- 7. Who famously explored the Louisiana Purchase territory for the United States?
A) Amerigo Vespucci
B) Jacques Cartier
C) Lewis and Clark
D) Marco Polo
- 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) Congress of Vienna
C) Treaty of Tordesillas
D) Yalta Conference
- 10. Who was the leader of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia during its early years?
A) John Smith
B) John Rolfe
C) Pocahontas
D) Christopher Newport
- 11. Who is credited with naming the Pacific Ocean?
A) Hernan Cortes
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Vasco da Gama
- 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) Roanoke
B) Boston
C) Plymouth
D) Jamestown
- 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) Technology
B) Gold
C) Land
D) Religious freedom
- 17. Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River in Canada?
A) John Cabot
B) Samuel de Champlain
C) Jacques Cartier
D) Henry Hudson
- 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) Mayflower
D) Endeavour
- 19. Who was the explorer who claimed the Mississippi River for France?
A) René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
B) Louis Jolliet
C) Robert de La Salle
D) Jacques Marquette
- 20. Who was the Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?
A) Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
B) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
C) Hernando de Soto
D) Juan Ponce de León
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