European Exploration Quiz

This explorer believed that he was in Asia, but really he was in what is now known as the Bahamas.

• Hernan Cortez

• Marco Polo

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

This explorer claimed land for France in Canada and helped create a settlement there.

• Hernan Cortez

• Marco Polo

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

This explorer claimed land for England in the New World.

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Jacques Cartier

This explorer wrote a book about his travels in Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

This explorer conquered native people in Mexico and claimed the land for Spain.

• Hernan Cortez

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

The three reasons for exploration are God, Glory, and ____ .

What was the route Marco Polo took to Asia called?

• The Silk Road

• Polo's path

• The Rocky Road

• The Northwest Passage

Which two continents were part of the New World?

• North America and South America

• Asia and Australia

• Africa and Asia

• Europe and Asia

What were the explorers trying to find in the New World?

• the Old World

• the Northwest Passage

• the Bahamas

• native people

England, France, and Spain were known as the _________.

• New World

• Canada

• Old World

• Northwest Passage