5 Written Questions

1. sailed around the world in three years
2. first explorer to reach the North American mainland; claimed Newfoundland
3. discovered the Mississippi river
4. explored the eastern coast of North America for France
5. sailed to the southern tip of africa; "Cape of Good Hope"

5 Matching Questions

1. Pizarro
2. de la Salle
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. da Gama
5. Cartier

1. a discovered the St. Lawrence River
2. b first man to realized that columbus discovered new continent; America is named after him
3. c sailed around Africa to India
4. d conquered the Inca Indians of Peru
5. e claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France and named it Louisiana

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. made the first spanish landing in North American mainland; discovered Florida
   1. Marco Polo
   2. Ponce de Leon
   3. Henry Hudson
   4. de Balboa
2. conquered the Aztec Indians
   1. Dias
   2. Cortes
   3. Cabral
   4. Cartier
3. viking who landed in canada around AD 1000
   1. de Soto
   2. Cabrillo
   3. Leif Ericson
   4. Henry Hudson
4. "Father of New France"; founded the first permanent French colony in the New World, Quebec
   1. de Balboa
   2. de Verrazano
   3. da Gama
   4. de Champlain
5. discovered Delaware Bay and Hudson River
   1. Leif Ericson
   2. Coronado
   3. de Balboa
   4. Henry Hudson

5 True/False Questions

1. Sir Francis Drake → founded a colony on Roanoke Island

   True        False

2. Marco Polo → explored the southwestern US and discovered the Grand Canyon

   True        False

3. Sir Walter Raleigh → founded a colony on Roanoke Island

   True        False

4. Prince Henry the Navigator → founded the school of navigation

   True        False

5. de Balboa → crossed the Isthus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean

   True        False