Social Studies Quiz 1

Question 1

Vasco de Gama

Answer 1

Sailed to Portugal to find an all water route to Asia. He found the fastest all water way to Asia by going under the tip of Africa

Question 2

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 2

Sailed to Portugal and Spain to find an all water route to Asia. He was the first to circumnavigate around the Globe and named the Pacific Ocean

Question 3

Hernando Cortes

Answer 3

Sailed to Spain to find gold. Conquered Aztec Empire because the Spanish has steel armor, iron tools, guns, and horses. Conquered Mexico for the Spanish.

Question 4

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 4

Sailed to Spain to find gold. Conquered Incan Empire because the Spanish has steel armor, iron tools, guns, and horses.

Question 5

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Answer 5

Sailed to France to find a Northwest Passage that is an all water route to Asia. Sailed along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine. He had a bridge in New York named after him.

Question 6

Henry Hudson

Answer 6

Sailed to Netherlands and England to find the Northwest Passage. He founded New York and founded the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.

Question 7

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 7

Sailed to France to find gold and to colonize. He founded the city of Quebec and engaged in fur trading.