Who Am I -- Explorers

Who Am I -- Explorers

8th Grade

18 Qs

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Who Am I -- Explorers

Who Am I -- Explorers

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

I am a Portuguese businessman who started a school for navigators. I also help fund people who wanted to go out exploring so long as they are spreading Christianity.

Prince Henry the Navigator

Henry Hudson

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Juan Ponce De Leon

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I eventually got the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey. I thought I had landed in India, so I called the natives, "Indians." Later people will realize that I really landed in the Bahamas off the coast of North America.

Christopher Columbus

Samuel De Champlain

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Francisco Coronado

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 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. On my voyages I was looking for gold to take back to Spain.

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Leif Ericson

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

I was truly the European on the North American Continent. I arrived in Canada with my Viking friends around 1000.

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Leif Ericson

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

I am a Spanish Conquistador. I was looking for Peru, and found it, along with the entire Inca civilization. I found the Incan gold and took it while, enslaving and murdering thousands of Incans along the way. I did achieve my goals by finding gold and claiming Peru for Spain.

Francisco Coronado

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Leif Ericson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

I am the conquistador that went looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. Though I never found these cities, I did conquer much of what is today the southwestern U.S. for Spain. And I did “discover” the Grand Canyon!

Francisco Coronado

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

Leif Ericson

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I am a conquistador that conquered the Aztec empire and built Mexico City.

Francisco Coronado

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

Hernando De Soto

René-Robert Cavelier (aka La Salle)

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