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Dutch Explorations

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first Dutch explorer to reach the East Indies?

  1. Vasco da Gama
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Cornelis de Houtman
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch East India Company?

  1. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
  2. British East India Company
  3. French East India Company
  4. Portuguese East India Company
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered Australia?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in South Africa?

  1. Cape Colony
  2. New Amsterdam
  3. Batavia
  4. Malacca
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered New Zealand?

  1. Abel Tasman
  2. Willem Janszoon
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in the Caribbean?

  1. New Amsterdam
  2. Curaçao
  3. Suriname
  4. Sint Maarten
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered the island of Mauritius?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in Indonesia?

  1. Batavia
  2. Malacca
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Taiwan
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered the island of Réunion?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in Sri Lanka?

  1. Ceylon
  2. Malacca
  3. Batavia
  4. Taiwan
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered the island of Taiwan?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in Malacca?

  1. Malacca
  2. Batavia
  3. Ceylon
  4. Taiwan
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered the island of Borneo?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Dutch colony in Suriname?

  1. Suriname
  2. Curaçao
  3. Sint Maarten
  4. Aruba
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Dutch explorer discovered the island of Curaçao?

  1. Willem Janszoon
  2. Abel Tasman
  3. Jan van Riebeeck
  4. Hendrik Brouwer
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