Explorers of the Age of Discovery Quiz
30 Questions
0 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

Who is named after the United States of America?

  • Leif Eriksson
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
  • Amerigo Vespucci (correct)
  • Marco Polo
  • Which explorer sailed for Spain with four voyages to the Americas?

  • Hernan Cortes
  • Jacques Cartier
  • Vasco da Gama
  • Christopher Columbus (correct)
  • Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?

  • Vasco da Gama
  • Marco Polo
  • Prince Henry the Navigator (correct)
  • Leif Eriksson
  • Which explorer conquered and destroyed the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?

    <p>Hernan Cortes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known as 'The Father of New France' and set up Quebec City in 1608?

    <p>Samuel de Champlain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What period is defined as a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds?

    <p>Columbian Exchange</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established a colony at Roanoke in 1585, which mysteriously disappeared in 1590?

    <p>Sir Walter Raleigh</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was founded by John Smith and established by the Virginia Company in 1607?

    <p>Jamestown Colony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, and married John Rolfe?

    <p>Pocahontas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group rejected the Church of England and landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620?

    <p>Pilgrims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded Rhode Island and preached the separation of church and state for religious freedom?

    <p>Roger Williams</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was known as Lord Baltimore and granted religious freedom to Catholics in Maryland?

    <p>Cecilius Calvert</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was named after the Duke of York, originally called New Amsterdam?

    <p>New York Colony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded Pennsylvania as a religious haven for Quakers?

    <p>William Penn</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was created as a buffer between England and Spain by James Oglethorpe?

    <p>Georgia Colony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which individual circumnavigated the World from England in the 1570s and stole gold from Spain for Queen Elizabeth?

    <p>Sir Francis Drake</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which explorer was the first European to arrive in North America around the year 1000?

    <p>Leif Eriksson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?

    <p>Prince Henry the Navigator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which explorer conquered and destroyed the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?

    <p>Hernan Cortes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known as 'The Father of New France' and set up Quebec City in 1608?

    <p>Samuel de Champlain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established a colony at Roanoke in 1585, which mysteriously disappeared in 1590?

    <p>Sir Walter Raleigh</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which individual circumnavigated the world from England in the 1570s and stole gold from Spain for Queen Elizabeth?

    <p>Francis Drake</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, and married John Rolfe?

    <p>Pocahontas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded Rhode Island and preached the separation of church and state for religious freedom?

    <p>Roger Williams</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group rejected the Church of England and landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620?

    <p>Pilgrims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was named after the United States of America?

    <p>Indigenous People</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?

    <p>Sir Francis Drake</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The Great Migration' refers to the thousands of English people migrating to the New World for what?

    <p>Religious freedom and free land</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Mayflower Compact,' created in 1620, ruled based on what?

    <p>'Majority rule of townsmen'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Puritans' believed in what concept?

    <p>'Fate of person pre-decided by God'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser