Explorers Quiz

Who discovered the Missisippi River and was a captain for Francisco Pizarro?

• Vasco deGama
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando Cortez
• Hernando deSoto

Who was the first to North America by way of Canada?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Leif Ericson

• Henry the Navigator

• John Cabot

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando Cortez

Who was the first governor of Puerto Rico?

• Hernando deSoto
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci

Who discovered Brazil and explored South America?

• Pedro Cabral
• Bartholomew Dias
• Christopher Columbus
• Sir Frances Drake

Who was the 2nd to circumnavigate the Earth and defeated the Spanish Armada?

• Jacque Cartier
• Leif Ericsson
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sir Frances Drake

Who was looking for El Dorado (city of gold) and established the colony of Roanoke?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Henry the Navigator
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sir Frances Drake

Who landed in North America at what is now St. Augustine, Florida?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Pedro Cabral
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
• Hernando de Soto

Who found trade routes to India around the Cape of Good Hope?

• Bartholomew Dias
• Vasco de Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• John Cabot

Which conquistador conquered the Incas?

• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Hernando Cortes
• Francisco  Pizarro
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca