4th Grade History Test 1

What was the first Spanish settlement in America?

In what year did Columbus discover America?

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

Canada was first named New France or Vinland.

Where was the place Columbus 1st landed?

Which explorer discovered the Grand Canyon?

North America is located in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Man who led the voyage of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

The continent of Asia is responsible for the settlement of the New World.

Africa is the largest continent.

What great Indian tribe lived in what is now Mexico?

Which country did NOT have a claim to land in North America?

Which explorer first sailed around Africa to get to India?

A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded on 3 sides of water.

Who helped found the 1st permanent French Settlement in the New World?

Amerigo Vespucci was the 1st explorer who called America a "New World".

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.

There are 7 continents

There are 7 oceans.

Merchant who visited China & described its riches to Europe

Explorer who discovered the Mississippi River

The continent Columbus tried to reach was Australia.

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

Explorer who 1st saw the Pacific Ocean

Explorer who discovered Florida

Who was the most famous British "sea dog"?