Question 1

_____________ was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Leif Erikson

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Marco Polo

Question 2

__________ were the first European people known to have visited the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Vikings

Answer

French

Answer

Spanish

Question 3

_________ was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Vinland

Answer

Guanahani

Answer

Pacifc Ocean

Question 4

_______ was the first European to make a globe.

Accepted Answer

Martin Behaim

Answer

Christopher Columbus

Answer

Marco Polo

Question 5

__________ was the European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia.

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Answer

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

_________ was the local name for the island on which Columbus first landed.

Accepted Answer

Guanahani

Answer

Australia

Answer

Hawaii

Question 7

________ was the body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Lake Huron

Question 8

______ was the European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Marco Polo

Answer

Amergio Vespucci

Question 9

___________ was the Italian explorer who figured out Columbus had not reached Asia.

Accepted Answer

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 10

_____________ is a person who makes maps.

Accepted Answer

cartographer

Answer

compass

Answer

navigation

Question 11

______________ is an instrument used to find direction.

Accepted Answer

compass

Answer

cartographer

Answer

navigation

Question 12

___________ is the planning and directing of a ship's course.

Accepted Answer

navigation

Answer

compass

Answer

cartographer

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