World History - Quiz 20 (16.5) Exploration Flashcards
1
Q
the year Columbus discovered America (s.a.)
A
1492
2
Q
This country sponsored Columbus’s voyages (s.a.)
A
Spain
3
Q
this Spanish ruler controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history (s.a.)
A
Philip II
4
Q
This country claimed Brazil (s.a.)
A
Portugal
5
Q
the first permanent French colony in the New World (s.a.)
A
Quebec
6
Q
the first European to reach the Far East by sea (choice)
A
Vasco da Gama
7
Q
he discovered the St. Lawrence River (choice)
A
Jacques Cartier
8
Q
John Cabot explored for this country (choice)
A
England
9
Q
the year the first permanent English settlement was founded (choice)
A
1607
10
Q
motivated Englishmen to explore and colonize the New World (choice)
{nationalism; exploration; religion; or freedom}
A
spirit of freedom
