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  • Q1
    _____________ was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
    Leif Erikson
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Marco Polo
    30s
  • Q2
    __________ were the first European people known to have visited the Americas.
    French
    Vikings
    Spanish
    30s
  • Q3
    _________ was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas.
    Guanahani
    Vinland
    Pacifc Ocean
    30s
  • Q4
    _______ was the first European to make a globe.
    Christopher Columbus
    Martin Behaim
    Marco Polo
    30s
  • Q5
    __________ was the European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia.
    Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Marco Polo
    30s
  • Q6
    _________ was the local name for the island on which Columbus first landed.
    Australia
    Guanahani
    Hawaii
    30s
  • Q7
    ________ was the body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
    Atlantic Ocean
    Lake Huron
    Pacific Ocean
    30s
  • Q8
    ______ was the European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
    Marco Polo
    Amergio Vespucci
    Ferdinand Magellan
    30s
  • Q9
    ___________ was the Italian explorer who figured out Columbus had not reached Asia.
    Amerigo Vespucci
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Christopher Columbus
    30s
  • Q10
    _____________ is a person who makes maps.
    compass
    navigation
    cartographer
    30s
  • Q11
    ______________ is an instrument used to find direction.
    cartographer
    navigation
    compass
    30s
  • Q12
    ___________ is the planning and directing of a ship's course.
    compass
    navigation
    cartographer
    30s

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