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Grade 6 Exploration
Answer the following questions about explorers during the Age of Exploration.
__ Who was the first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope? A. Vasco da Gama
__ Who was the first European to reach India by sea? B. Christopher Columbus
__ Who was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Americas? C. Willem Janszoon
__ Which captain started the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe? D. Giovanni da Verrazzano
__ Who was the first European since the Norse to reach the Americas? E. Pedro Álvares Cabral
__ Which Portuguese prince helped to fund exploration missions? F. Henry the Navigator
__ Who is credited for the exploration of Brazil? G. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
__ Who was the first European to travel the East Coast of the modern day United States? H. Francis Drake
__ Which captain completed the second circumnavigation of the world? I. Ferdinand Magellan
__ Who was the first European to see Australia? J. Bartolomeu Dias
Grade 6 Exploration
French explorers included Henry Hudson and                   
  1. Samuel de Champlain
  2. Hernan Cortes
  3. Walter Raleigh
  4. Francisco Pizarro
Grade 6 Exploration
Which country did NOT send out explorers to the "New World"?
  1. Portugal
  2. Spain
  3. France
  4. England
  5. Germany
Grade 6 Exploration
Which nation established the colony of Suriname in Caribbean South America?
  1. Great Britian
  2. the Netherlands
  3. Portugal
  4. Spain
Grade 6 Exploration
What was the Columbian Exchange?
  1. The moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old
  2. sending animals and plants from the Old World to the New World
  3. Send food and people from the Old World to the New World
  4. The moving of animals, plants, people, and disease from Central and South America to North America
Grade 6 Exploration
Christopher Columbus was born in
  1. Spain
  2. Italy
  3. France
  4. England
Grade 6 Exploration
The Native Americans were the lowest group that worked as slaves in this system?
  1. mulattos
  2. criollos
  3. mexicans
  4. encomienda
Grade 6 Exploration
Cortes is most famous for which deed?
  1. becoming friends with native people
  2. conquering the Aztec empire
  3. starting construction of Mexico City
  4. becoming mayor of a Cuban town
Grade 6 Exploration
What was the name of the speech given by Father Miguel Hidalgo?
  1. Take Over Now!
  2. The Shout of Hidalgo
  3. Bad Spanish People
  4. Grito de Delores
Grade 6 Exploration
In what year did Cortes reach the shores of Mexico?
  1. 1519
  2. 1521
  3. 1619
  4. 1808
Grade 6 Exploration
What is the name of the group that made up the wealthy ruling class?
  1. criollos
  2. peninsulares
  3. mestizos
  4. mulattos