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Name the body of water separating Europe and America.

Atlantic Ocean

Indian ocean

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Name the Greenland explorer who first visited North America

Erik Leifsson

Leif Eriksson

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Approximately what year did Leif Eriksson first visit North America?

1000

1200

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What year did Christopher Columbus first arrive in America?

1492

1451

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How many colonies were first settled in America?

15

13

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Who is often called the man who discovered America?

Christopher Columbus

Vasco da Gamma

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What country did Leif Eriksson travel from to North America?

Greece

Greenland

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Approximately, what year was Christopher’s Columbus’ birth?

1492

1451

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What was Christopher Columbus’ birth city?

Rome

Genoa

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Name Christopher Columbus’ country of birth.

Spain

Italy

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Name the country where the city of Lisbon is located.

Spain

Portugal

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What is the term used for the study of mapmaking?

Catholicism

Cartography

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Name the sea Columbus worked and lived on until 1470.

Mediterranean Sea

Vietnamese Sea

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In which century was Portugal trying to find an Eastern sea route?

15th

16th

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Name the continent many Europeans wanted trade with, but had trouble traveling to?

Australia

Asia

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Which direction did Columbus sail as he traveled to the new world.

East

West

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