American History: Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Quiz

Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage?

• the Niña

• the Isabella

• the Santa María

• the Pinta

From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400s?

• the Mediterranean Coast

• the Cape of Good Hope

• the Orange River

• the Gold Coast

Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americas.

• True

• False

Vasco da Gama led voyages of exploration for Spain.

• True

• False

The southern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's King John.

• True

• False

Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• True

• False