History Test 1

Which explorer first saw the Pacific Ocean?

Name the continent.

Name the continent

Which explorer first sailed around Africa to get to India?

Name the continent.

In what year did Columbus discover America?

There are 7 oceans.

What was the first Spanish settlement in America?

Which man led the voyage of the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria?

Name the ocean.

Who was the most famous British "sea dogs"?

Which country made friends with the Indians and traded with them for furs?

Name this ocean.

What was Canada first named?

Africa is the largest continent.

Which explorer discovered the Grand Canyon?

Which country gave Christopher Columbus the money he needed for his journey?

Which country did NOT have a claim in North America?

North America is located in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Who helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World?

What great Indian tribe lived in what is now New Mexico?

There are 7 continents

Name the Continent.

Which explorer discovered Florida?

Name the continent.

Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

Name the continent.

The continent Columbus tried to reach was Australia

Name the continent.

Name the ocean.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.

Which man was a merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe?

The continent of Asia is responsible for the settlement of the new world.

Where was the place Columbus first landed?

A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded on its three sides by water.

What explorer first called America a "New World"?