30 Questions
Who is named after the United States of America?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which explorer sailed for Spain with four voyages to the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Which explorer conquered and destroyed the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?
Hernan Cortes
Who is known as 'The Father of New France' and set up Quebec City in 1608?
Samuel de Champlain
What period is defined as a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds?
Columbian Exchange
Who established a colony at Roanoke in 1585, which mysteriously disappeared in 1590?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Which colony was founded by John Smith and established by the Virginia Company in 1607?
Jamestown Colony
Who was known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, and married John Rolfe?
Pocahontas
Which group rejected the Church of England and landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620?
Pilgrims
Who founded Rhode Island and preached the separation of church and state for religious freedom?
Roger Williams
Who was known as Lord Baltimore and granted religious freedom to Catholics in Maryland?
Cecilius Calvert
Which colony was named after the Duke of York, originally called New Amsterdam?
New York Colony
Who founded Pennsylvania as a religious haven for Quakers?
William Penn
Which colony was created as a buffer between England and Spain by James Oglethorpe?
Georgia Colony
Which individual circumnavigated the World from England in the 1570s and stole gold from Spain for Queen Elizabeth?
Sir Francis Drake
Which explorer was the first European to arrive in North America around the year 1000?
Leif Eriksson
Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Which explorer conquered and destroyed the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?
Hernan Cortes
Who is known as 'The Father of New France' and set up Quebec City in 1608?
Samuel de Champlain
Who established a colony at Roanoke in 1585, which mysteriously disappeared in 1590?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Which individual circumnavigated the world from England in the 1570s and stole gold from Spain for Queen Elizabeth?
Francis Drake
Who was known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, and married John Rolfe?
Pocahontas
Who founded Rhode Island and preached the separation of church and state for religious freedom?
Roger Williams
Which group rejected the Church of England and landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620?
Pilgrims
Who was named after the United States of America?
Indigenous People
Who established an academy to train seafarers in the 1400s for Portugal?
Sir Francis Drake
'The Great Migration' refers to the thousands of English people migrating to the New World for what?
Religious freedom and free land
'Mayflower Compact,' created in 1620, ruled based on what?
'Majority rule of townsmen'
'Puritans' believed in what concept?
'Fate of person pre-decided by God'
Test your knowledge of the explorers from the Age of Discovery, including Leif Eriksson, Marco Polo, Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, and Christopher Columbus. Learn about their voyages and contributions to early exploration.
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