Portuguese and Spanish Geographical Discoveries

Q. Which country did Bartholomew Dias belong to?

1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. England
4. France

Q. found that the land discovered by Columbus was not part of Asia, but a new land.

1. King Henry
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Vasco Da Gama

Q.

When did slave trade begin in France?

1. Seventeenth century

2. Fifteenth century

3. Sixteenth century

4. Nineteenth century

Q. X, a Portuguese explorer, reached the southern tip of the African continent and called it Y. What are X and Y?

1. X- Vasco da Gama, Y- India
2. X- Bartholomew Dias, Y- Cape of Good Hope
3. X- Christopher Columbus, Y- America
4. X- Cabral, Y- Brazil

Q. Choose the correct pairs of explorers to the places they sailed to.

1. Christopher Colombus
2. Vasco Da Gama
3. Cape of Good Hope
4. Bartholomew Diaz
5. Goa
6. America

Q. Prince Henry of Portugal was a navigator.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following increased with the colonisation of America?

1. Need for natural resources
2. All of the above
3. Exploration
4. Slave trade

Q. Choose the correct pairs of explorers to the places they sailed to.

1. Christopher Colombus
2. Vasco Da Gama
3. Cape of Good Hope
4. Bartholomew Diaz
5. Goa
6. America

Q. found that the land discovered by Columbus was not part of Asia, but a new land.

1. King Henry
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Vasco Da Gama

Q. Explain the triangular slave trade carried out during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Q. X, a Portuguese explorer, reached the southern tip of the African continent and called it Y. What are X and Y?

1. X- Vasco da Gama, Y- India
2. X- Bartholomew Dias, Y- Cape of Good Hope
3. X- Cabral, Y- Brazil
4. X- Christopher Columbus, Y- America

Q. Which country did Bartholomew Dias belong to?

1. Spain
2. France
3. Portugal
4. England

Q. Who among the following fulfilled the dream of Europeans to reach India?

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Bartholomew Dias
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Cabral