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Vasco Nunez de Balboa Quiz

Authored by Jeremy Wright

Social Studies

4th - 5th Grade

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in a very poor town in which country?

Italy

Spain

France

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who hired Balboa to find treasure in the new world, specifically South America?

King and Queen of Spain

King and Queen of Italy.

King and Queen of France.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

While traveling across the Isthmus of Panama, Balboa climbed a mountain and discovered ____________________.

another colony.

the Pacific Ocean.

more explorers looking for riches.

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Balboa is known for two important reasons: (select the 2 correct answers)

He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

He set up colonies in South America.

He discovered Asia.

He was the first European to go on an expedition for Spain.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For what was Vasco Nunez de Balboa most known for?

He was most known for being the first European to see the Caribbean Islands 
He was most known for discovering America 
Most known for discovering Spain
He was most known for being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean

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