Which Italian explorer is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492?
Exploration of the New World

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Michael Coombe
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which treaty divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain in 1494?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Utrecht
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route?
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Álvares Cabral
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Spanish explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de León
Ferdinand Magellan
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary motivation for European nations to explore and discover new lands during the Age of Exploration?
To spread democracy
To find new trade routes and resources
To establish peace treaties
To escape from wars in Europe
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Italian explorer's name is used as the namesake for the Americas?
Marco Polo
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Amerigo Vespucci
John Cabot
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was a major consequence of the European discovery of the New World?
The decline of European empires
The spread of European diseases to indigenous populations
The unification of all European countries
The end of the slave trade
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following explorers is known for discovering Brazil in 1500?
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Christopher Columbus
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