1. Which Portuguese explorer set up a school of navigation in the 1400s and sponsored exploratory voyages to Africa and the New World? Bartholomew Dias Prince Henry Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan

2. During what years did Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India take place? 1492-1493 1521-1522 1488-1489 1497-1498

3. Where did Ferdinand Magellan die on his crew's voyage circumnavigating the world? The Philippines South America India Africa

4. How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make to the 'New World'? 3 4 6 1

5. The Americas were named for a man with the first name of Amerigo. What was his last name? Pizarro Vespucci Coronado Cortes

6. What French explorers traveled through the Great Lakes, present-day Wisconsin and down the Mississippi River to the Arkansas River? Marquette and Joliet Cartier and Verrazano Champlain and La Salle Marquette and Cartier

7. What Italian explored the east coast of North America for the French in 1524? Verrazano La Salle Cartier Champlain

8. What Spanish conquistador lead the men that conquered the Aztecs? Coronado Pizarro Cortes Balboa

9. Who commanded the first English voyage to the Americas? Sir Francis Drake John Cabot John Smith Sir Walter Raleigh

10. What explorer made voyages for the English and the Dutch explored what is now New York? Henry Hudson John Smith John Cabot Francis Drake