Christopher Columbus
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- Q1What Native Tribe did Columbus take by force in the Bahamas?SeminoleArawaksTainoCherokee60s
- Q2What was the information that Columbus wanted the most from the Natives?Where is the Water?Where is the Leader?Where is the Food?Where is the Gold?60s
- Q3What did the Kind and Queen promise Columbus upon his return from the expedition?20% Profits100% Profits50% Profits10% Profits60s
- Q4When did Columbus sail the ocean blue and land in the Bahamas?October 1492September 1942November 1942August 149260s
- Q5Columbus insisted that he had reached Asia, but in fact it was this country....CubaSyriaBrazilLibya60s
- Q6Who did Cortes turn the Aztec people against?MontezumaPizarroAugustusConstantinople60s
- Q7In 1585, before any permanent English settlements in Virginia, who landed there with seven ships, and burning down Indian villages?Hernando CortesChristopher ColumbusRichard GrenvilleJohn Smith60s
- Q8The first English permanent settlement was in what year?160715951492194260s
- Q9Who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?John SmithJohn WinthropRichard GrenvilleChristopher Columbus60s
- Q10The war on the Pequots in 1636 was caused by...an attack on the Pequotsthe murder of a native troublemakera trade gone wrongthe murder of a white troublemaker60s
- Q11What was the name of the Wampanoags chief?WamsuttaMassasoitMatacomPhilip60s
- Q12The official goal of the expedition was to find a sea route to the _____________BahamasAfricaAmericasIndies60s
- Q13What country funded the expedition for Columbus?EnglandItalyFranceSpain60s
- Q14Columbus made a total of ____________ voyages4165760s
- Q15Christopher Columbus was ___________ on a _____________ voyageItalian, FrenchFrench, EnglishItalian, SpainishSpanish, Italian60s