Explorers Quiz

What was the first successful english colony in the US

• Jamestown

• Rice

• Boston

• New York

Who discovered the Missisippi River and was a captain for Francisco Pizarro?

• Vasco deGama
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando Cortez
• Hernando deSoto

Who was the first to North America by way of Canada?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Leif Ericson

• Henry the Navigator

• John Cabot

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando Cortez

Who was the 2nd to circumnavigate the Earth and defeated the Spanish Armada?

• Jacque Cartier
• Leif Ericsson
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sir Frances Drake

Who found trade routes to India around the Cape of Good Hope?

• Bartholomew Dias
• Vasco de Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• John Cabot

Which conquistador conquered the Incas?

• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Hernando Cortes
• Francisco  Pizarro
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Who discovered the West Indies (Caribbean - Bahamas, Hispaniola)?

• Bartholomew Dias
• Henry the Navigator
• Leif Ericson
• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry the Navigator
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• Leif Ericson
• Vasco da Gama
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortes