- 1. Although Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, which country financed his expedition to the New World?
A) Portugal
B) Spain
C) France
D) England
- 2. How many native people lived in the New World before Columbus arrived?
A) 2 million
B) 25-100 million
C) 55,678
D) 126,000
- 3. What was the first profitable item that the Portuguese found through their exploration?
A) Slaves
B) Silver
C) Ivory
D) Gold
- 4. Which of the following items is similar in size to a Viking longship?
A) A basketball court
B) A classroom at CY
C) A hallway in a school
D) A football field
- 5. Erik the Red founded the first European settlement in this area, and gave it a name that did not accurately describe the area to make it more appealing:
A) Norway
B) Greenland
C) Prettyville
D) Edmonton
- 6. On his second voyage, Christopher Columbus had 17 ships and how many men?
A) 1000+
B) 600
C) 200
D) 50
- 7. What was the first navigator to successfully voyage around the tip of Africa?
A) Leif Erikson
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Vasco de Gama
D) Prince Henry
- 8. Which best describes Christopher Columbus
A) Any of these
B) Lucky adventurer
C) Greedy business man
D) Hero
- 9. Where did Leif Erikson first land in the Americas?
A) Present day New Jersey
B) Present day Canada
C) Present day California
D) Present day Florida
- 10. Who 'sailed the ocean blue in 1492'?
A) Marco Polo
B) Erik the Red
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Bjarni Herjolfsson
- 11. Who developed a school that was focused around sailing, navigation, and exploring?
A) Henry the Navigator
B) Gil Eanes
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Erik the Red
- 12. What ocean did Old World explorers sail across to reach the New World?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Pacific Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Indian Ocean
- 13. How many years before Christopher Columbus did Leif Erikson land the the New World
A) 20
B) 500
C) 1000
D) 100
- 14. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, but was willing to sail for any country that would support him financially. Why did Spain support him?
A) Christopher Columbus forced stole the money from the king
B) Christopher Columbus guaranteed them profit
C) Spain felt the need to compete with Portugal, and did not want him sailing for them
D) Christopher Columbus had already sailed around the world
- 15. What caused Prince Henry the Navigator to develop a navigation school?
A) A wild side of adventure
B) It was very common at this time in Europe
C) The love of exploration
D) The desire to develop his own trade routes
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