Explorers

Explorers

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Explorers

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I was the first guy to finally realize that Cabot and Columbus were NOT in Asia, but they had been in a new land.  America was named after me.

Vespucci
Polo
Balboa
Magellan

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I was the person who named the Pacific Ocean.  My men were among the first to travel around the world, but unfortunately I died in battle in the Philippine Islands.

Balboa
Vespucci
Columbus
Magellan

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

Cabot
de Leon
Columbus
Cortes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.

Columbus
Prince Henry
Polo
Magellan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.

John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Vasco Nunea Balboa
Christopher Columbus

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
To claim land in Canada
To explore the Hudson Bay
None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia.  Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC.  Who is it?

Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson

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