Question 1
Which Genoese sailor led the 1492 voyage that reached the Caribbean while seeking a westward route to Asia?
- Christopher Columbus
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- John Cabot
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Christopher Columbus
History · Medieval & Early Modern
Age of Exploration trivia quiz
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What the Age of Exploration questions cover
- English Voyages
- Portuguese India
- Circumnavigation
- First Circumnavigation
- French Voyages
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Discovery
- Papal Bulls
- American Crops
- Arctic Exploration
- Aztec Conquest
- Cape Route
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Question 2
Which Iberian kingdom financed the 1492 expedition led by a Genoese navigator across the Atlantic?
- Portugal
- Castile
- France
- England
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Castile
Question 3
Which Portuguese navigator reached India by sailing around Africa in 1498?
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Vasco da Gama
- Bartolomeu Dias
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Vasco da Gama
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