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Who is that Explorer?

Authored by Linda Hochstetler

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Who is that Explorer?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorers was the first European to "discover" North America.

Leif Ericson

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Marco Polo

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer was responsible for the "Columbian Exchange" of food, animals, and diseases.

Leif Ericson

Balboa

Cabot

Christopher Columbus

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This Spanish explorer founded the first permanent European settlement in North America. It was named St. Augustine.

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Jacques Cartier

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer was part of an expedition that circumnavigated the world.

Ferdinand Magellan

Juan Ponce de Leon

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Christopher Columbus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer was searching for the "Fountain of Youth" and claimed Florida for Spain.

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Juan Ponce de Leon

Vasco da Gama

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The book about his travels in the Far East encouraged many explorers.

Marco Polo

Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was on a quest for gold at any cost and he destroyed the Aztec nation.

Vasco da Gama

Ferdinand Magellan

Leif Eriksson

Hernan Cortes

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