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Christopher Columbus

Quiz by Ashley Hardee Fleenor

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  • Q1
    What Native Tribe did Columbus take by force in the Bahamas?
    Seminole
    Arawaks
    Taino
    Cherokee
    60s
  • Q2
    What 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
  • Q3
    What did the Kind and Queen promise Columbus upon his return from the expedition?
    20% Profits
    100% Profits
    50% Profits
    10% Profits
    60s
  • Q4
    When did Columbus sail the ocean blue and land in the Bahamas?
    October 1492
    September 1942
    November 1942
    August 1492
    60s
  • Q5
    Columbus insisted that he had reached Asia, but in fact it was this country....
    Cuba
    Syria
    Brazil
    Libya
    60s
  • Q6
    Who did Cortes turn the Aztec people against?
    Montezuma
    Pizarro
    Augustus
    Constantinople
    60s
  • Q7
    In 1585, before any permanent English settlements in Virginia, who landed there with seven ships, and burning down Indian villages?
    Hernando Cortes
    Christopher Columbus
    Richard Grenville
    John Smith
    60s
  • Q8
    The first English permanent settlement was in what year?
    1607
    1595
    1492
    1942
    60s
  • Q9
    Who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
    John Smith
    John Winthrop
    Richard Grenville
    Christopher Columbus
    60s
  • Q10
    The war on the Pequots in 1636 was caused by...
    an attack on the Pequots
    the murder of a native troublemaker
    a trade gone wrong
    the murder of a white troublemaker
    60s
  • Q11
    What was the name of the Wampanoags chief?
    Wamsutta
    Massasoit
    Matacom
    Philip
    60s
  • Q12
    The official goal of the expedition was to find a sea route to the _____________
    Bahamas
    Africa
    Americas
    Indies
    60s
  • Q13
    What country funded the expedition for Columbus?
    England
    Italy
    France
    Spain
    60s
  • Q14
    Columbus made a total of ____________ voyages
    4
    16
    5
    7
    60s
  • Q15
    Christopher Columbus was ___________ on a _____________ voyage
    Italian, French
    French, English
    Italian, Spainish
    Spanish, Italian
    60s

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