POP QUIZ (WANDERLUST)

Not only is Monday Columbus Day, but Sunday is Leif Eriksson Day.
So let's explore them and other explores.

1. Before he set sail for the new world for Spain, Christopher Columbus approached the monarch of this nation to sponsor his voyage.
a) Italy
b) France
c) Portugal
d) Ottoman Empire
2. Which Spanish rulers eventually supported Columbus ?
a) Ferdinand V and Isabella I
b) Alfonso II and Joan III
c) Juan Carlos and Sofia
d) Felipe IV and Isabella II
3. The island where Columbus first landed is known as this today?
a) Haiti
b) Bahamas
c) Cuba
d) Puerto Rico
4. That first Columbus voyage occurred in 1492, but he didn't reach the mainland, South Amercia, until his third voyage, in this year.
a) 1505
b) 1503
c) 1500
d) 1498
5. About how many years before Columbus' first voyage did Leif Eriksson arrive in the New World?
a) 800
b) 600
c) 500
d) 200
6. From what country did Eriksson's trip to the New World begin?
a) Norway
b) Greenland
c) Iceland
d) Denmark
7. The area of the short-lived settlement that Eriksson called Vinland is now known as what?
a) Newfoundland
b) Maine
c) Nova Scotia
d) Prince Edward Island
8. Which explorer discovered the eastern shore of the Pacific?
a) Ferinand Magellan
b) Hernando Cortez
c) Juan Ponce de Leon
d) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
9. Prince Henry the Navigator hailed from this country.
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) Portugal
d) France
10. His crew was the first to sail around the world, although he didn't survive the voyage, which lasted from 1519 to 1522. 
a) Francisco Pizarro
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Jacques Cartier
d) Sir Francis Drake


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Answers :  1. c  ; 2. a  ; 3. b  ; 4. d  ; 5. c  ; 6. b  ; 7. a  ; 8. d  ; 9. c  ; 10. b