Social Studies Chapter 3 Text Questions Quiz

The ​ (a)   were the first European people that we know visited the Americas.

• Vikings
• Spanish
• Italians
• English

The name of the first European to visit the Americas was​ (a)  

• Leif Eriksson
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigus Vespucci
• Prince Henry

The name of the first European Settlement in the Americas was called (a)  

• Vinland
• Greenland
• Sweden
• Portugal

​ ​ (a)   was the first European to make a globe that he called his "Earth Apple."

• Martin Behaim
• Marco Polo
• Kublai Khan

Who was the European whose descriptions of the riches of China made other traders want to go to Asia?

• Kublai Khan

• Prince Henry

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

The city of​ (a)   was captured by the Turks. This closed off the trade routes on land between Asia and Europe.

• Constantinople
• Portugal
• Greece
• England

The Portuguese leader that started a school for navigators was

• Marco Polo

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Prince Henry

Barholomeu Dias, a European, was the first to sail around the southern tip of

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

• China

This Portuguese explorer found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa was​ (a)  

• Vasco Da Gama
• Bartholomeu DIas
• Prince Henry

The local people called their island ​ (a)   . It was the island that Columbus first landed on.

• Guanahani
• Hawaii
• Japan
• Hispaniola