Early Explorers

Early Explorers

5th Grade

11 Qs

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Early Explorers

Early Explorers

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. He was the first to see it.

Christopher Columbus

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Amerigo Vespuci

John Cabot

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

His crew was the first to successfully sail around the entire world. He died in a battle in the Philippine Islands though.

John Cabot

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was a Spanish explorer who claimed land for Spain that is now the state of Florida. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth. He became the first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became part of the United States.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

John Cabot

Ferdinand Magellan

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This man wrote about riches and gold in Asia. He is one of the main reasons so many countries and people wanted to find a route to Asia.

Christopher Columbus

Marco Polo

Amerigo Vespucci

Juan Ponce de Leon

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

He was credited with finding America, but really didn't land in America. Wanted to find the East by sailing West. He was in search of finding Asia.

Ferdinand Magellan

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Marco Polo

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A navigational tool that early explorers used.

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