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Grade 8 Exploration
Which explorer was the first to sail from Portugal to India via a route around Africa?
  1. Bartolomeu Dias
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco De Gama
Grade 8 Exploration
                     led the first expedition to into modern day Florida.
  1. Juan Ponce de León
  2. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  3. Christopher Columbus
  4. John Cabot
Grade 8 Cold War
The Berlin Airlift began in what year?
  1. 1945
  2. 1946
  3. 1947
  4. 1948
Grade 8 Exploration
What was the name of the Spanish monarchs who financed Columbus' voyage?
  1. Ferdinand and Isabella
  2. Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
  3. Miguel I and Isabella
  4. Charles VII and Anne
Grade 8 Exploration
Portuguese explorers used which type of small, shallow keeled boat?
  1. Galley
  2. Caravel
  3. Galleon
  4. Schooner
Grade 8 Exploration
Who lead the first Spanish expedition to the Pacific Ocean?
  1. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  2. Ponce de Leon
  3. Henry Hudson
  4. Marco Polo
Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the explorer that made the first English voyage to North America?
  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Henry Hudson
  3. Jacques Cartier
  4. John Cabot
Grade 8 Enlightenment
Catherine the Great was the ruler of which country?
  1. Spain
  2. Russia
  3. France
  4. England
Grade 8 Exploration
The French were interested in what trade good from Canada?
  1. fur
  2. fish
  3. gold
  4. timber
Grade 8 Exploration
Which explorer sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in order to find a sea route to India?
  1. Ferdinand Magellin
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco De Gama
  4. Bartolomeu Dias
Grade 8 Medieval Europe
What was Dracula's real name?
  1. Radu II
  2. Vlad III
  3. Basarab III
  4. Matthias Corvinus
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