Explorers

Who claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain?

• Vasco da Gama
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Francisco Coronado
• Vasco de Balboa

Which explorer started a School of Navigation?

• Sir Frances Drake
• Prince Henry
• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth and discovered Florida?

• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Robert LaSalle
• Vasco Balboa
• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the Italian explorer who traveled the Silk Road?

• Vasco da Gama
• Francisco Coronado
• Hernando de Soto
• Marco Polo

Who believed he reached India, but actually discovered North America?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo
• Robert La Salle

Who was the pirate who was partly responsible for the war between England and Spain?

• Prince Henry
• Sir Frances Drake
• Vasco de Balboa
• Ferdinand Magellan

Who explored the American Southwest while searching for the Seven Cities of Gold?

• Francisco Coronado
• Vasco da Gama
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Robert La Salle

Which explorer was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

• Vasco de Balboa
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Prince Henry
• Christopher Columbus

Who claimed the Mississippi River for France?

• Vasco da Gama
• Francisco Coronado
• Robert La Salle
• Marco Polo

Who was the first explorer to sail around the Southern tip of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama
• Prince Henry
• Vasco de Balboa