The Explorers Review

Who was the first person to sail around the world?

• Columbus

• de Soto

• Vespucci

• Magellan

Which country was the first to discover the New World?

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• England

North and South America were named after ___________.

• Hudson

• Magellan

• Vespucci

• LaSalle

Who was the explorer who sailed for Spain/Queen Isabella?

• Vespucci

• de Soto

• Columbus

• Magellan

Which country introduced pigs, horses, and sheep to the New World?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

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

The explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to see?

• Balboa Bay

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Pacific Ocean

What Italian explorer figured out  that Christopher Columbus did not actually reach Asia and the Indies?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Henry Hudson
• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus

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.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Jacques Cartier

• Ferdinand Magellan

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.

• Henry Hudson

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Coronado