Quiz on Did Columbus really discover America?

Directions:  Click or type the answer to each question. Your answer will be graded immediately and cannot be changed.

1. The name America was given to the New World by a Click to select explorer school teacher king sailor .

2. The name America was in honor of the voyage of Click to select Leif Ericson Christopher Columbus the Native Americans Americus Vespucius .

3. Many people do not believe that Columbus was the first non-Indian to step foot on the America. Some theories say that the came before Columbus.
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Questions 4 - 7 go together as one paragraph. Read the questions that comes before the one you are answering to understand what comes next.

4. The first immigrants to come to North America were the .
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5. They came across a .
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6. This connected the continents of
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7. and
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8. When Columbus came to America Native Americans were living in the United States and Canada.
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9. was the first European to set foot in mainland North America.
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10. Name the man who settled in Greenland.
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11. Which direction did the Vikings sail from Norway to Iceland? Click to select north south east west