Chapter 3 Sections 3 & 4
Make sure to read each question carefully and take YOUR time.
- 1.Where did Christopher Columbus's ships first land?
- A.
Santo Domingo
- B.
Bahamas
- C.
Hispaniola
- D.
America
- 2.What was named after Amerigo Vespucci?
- A.
America
- B.
Hispaniola
- C.
Cuba
- D.
Bahamas
- 3.Where did Columbus first see flamingos?
- A.
Hispaniola
- B.
Santo Domingo
- C.
Cuba
- D.
Bahamas
- 4.This area is currently divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
- A.
America
- B.
Cuba
- C.
Santo Domingo
- D.
Hispaniola
- 5.Columbus founded this colony?
- A.
America
- B.
Cuba
- C.
Hispaniola
- D.
Santo Domingo
- 6.Columbus learned many of his sailing skills from?
- A.
French
- B.
Portuguese
- C.
Spanish
- D.
Japanese
- 7.The explorer who realized he had come upon a "new world" was?
- A.
Christopher Columbus
- B.
Marco Polo
- C.
Amerigo Vespucci
- D.
King Ferdinand
- 8.Columbus's first voyage to the west was financed by rulers from?
- A.
France
- B.
Italy
- C.
Portugal
- D.
Spain
- 9.Columbus's flagship was called the?
- A.
Santa Maria
- B.
Pinta
- C.
Nina
- D.
Queen Isabella
- 10.The first people Columbus's crew met were the?
- A.
Taino
- B.
Caribes
- C.
Cubans
- D.
Cherokee
- 11.Ferdinand Magellan's final island stop?
- A.
Strait of Magellan
- B.
Isthmus of Panama
- C.
Philippine Islands
- D.
Mr. Curtis' house
- 12.This was named after a Portuguese sea captain?
- A.
Strait of Magellan
- B.
Isthmus of Panama
- C.
Philippine Islands
- 13.First explorer to discover a way across America?
- A.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- B.
Giovanni da Verrazano
- C.
Christopher Columbus
- D.
Marco Polo
- 14.Where Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed?
- A.
Strait of Magellan
- B.
Philippine Islands
- C.
Isthmus of Panama
- D.
Route 35
- 15.The French hired him to find the Northwest Passage?
- A.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- B.
Marco Polo
- C.
Mr. Drinkwater
- D.
Giovanni da Verrazano
- 16.The Spaniards wanted Native Americans to become?
- A.
Lutherans
- B.
Atheists
- C.
Catholics
- D.
Baptists
- 17.After the gold in the Caribbean Islands had all been mined, the Spanish turned to?
- A.
Mining silver
- B.
Ranching
- C.
Industry
- D.
Agriculture
- 18.John Cabot was sent to America by the king of?
- A.
England
- B.
France
- C.
Spain
- D.
Italy
- 19.Jacques Cartier claimed present-day Canada for?
- A.
England
- B.
Portugal
- C.
France
- D.
Spain
- 20.The Spanish enslaved Africans and?
- A.
The French
- B.
Native Americans
- C.
Chinese
- D.
Mexicans
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