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Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Why were they called Indians?
  1. They originally came from India
  2. Christopher Columbus mistakenly called them Indians
  3. They called themselves Indians
  4. They lived in the forests
Grade 2 US Laws and Amendments
The Constitution is
  1. the written plan that our government must follow
  2. a good book
  3. an old paper written by Christopher Columbus
  4. a new law
Grade 10 World History
When was Australia discovered and by whom?
  1. In 1770 by James Cook of England
  2. In 1606 by Janszoon of Netherlands
  3. In 1590 by Pounce de Leon of Spain
  4. In 1708 by Christopher Columbus of Spain
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
Discovery of the Seven Cities of Cibola inspired the pursuits of                                                   
  1. Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon
  2. Hernando Cortes and Panfilo de Narvaez
  3. Hernando de Soto and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
  4. Giovanni Verrazano and Jacques Cartier
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
The 1493 Line of Demarcation was created by the Pope in order to do what?
  1. To mark the path that Christopher Columbus took to America.
  2. To show the best way to get from Europe to India.
  3. To split the newly discovered world between Spain and Portugal.
  4. To try to convince Europeans that the world was indeed flat.
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Why do we celebrate Columbus day on the second Monday of October and not Leif Erikson day?
  1. Because Leif Erikson did not get a lot of attention in Europe after returning from North America.
  2. Because Leif Erikson made it to North America over five hundred years after Christopher Columbus.
  3. Because Leif Erikson never actually made it to North America.
  4. Because Leif Erikson was not a real person, but instead a viking legend.
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
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