Multiple Choice
Who became the first European to travel the length of Asia?
a. Leif Ericson
b. Johann Gutenberg
c. Marco Polo
d. Henry the Navigator
Marco Polo
What revived interest in trade with the East?
crusades
Who is credited with realizing that Columbus had explored a new continent?
a. Hernando Cortes
b. Amerigo Vespucci
c. Hernando de Soto
d. Juan Cabrillo
Amerigo Vespucci
Who protested the false doctrines of the Roman church by nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany?
Martin Luther
Who conquered the Aztecs?
a. Hernando Cortes
b. Amerigo Vespucci
c. Hernando de Soto
d. Juan Cabrillo
Hernando Cortes
What nation sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World?
Spain
Who established the first permanent French settlement in the New World at Quebec?
a. Jacques Cartier
b. Jacques Marquette
c. Samuel de Champlain
d. Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Samuel de Champlain
Where was the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States?
St. Augustine
Who was part of an expedition that explored the Mississippi River?
a. Jacques Cartier
b. Jacques Marquette
c. Samuel de Champlain
d. Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Jacques Marquette
Who led the expedition that discovered the Grand Canyon?
Francisco Coronado