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Who discovered the Straits of Magellan?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who discovered North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Neil Armstrong

• Leif Erikson

• Ibn Battuta

Who went on a 20 year expedition to China?

• Neil Armstrong

• Marco Polo

• Leif Erikson

• Vasco de Gama

How many continents are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What valuable thing did many explorers travel to Indonesia for?

• gold

• silver

• slaves

• spices

Captain James Cook is most famous for discovering which continent?

• America

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Europe

What difficulties did explorers face?

• Hostile tribes

• Starvation

• Dangerous animals

• All of the above

Which modern day explorer spoke through an electronic computer voice box because of his illness?

• Neil Armstrong

• Stephen Hawking

• Yuri Gagarin

• Sir Edmund Hilary

Who was the first woman in space?

• Amelia Earhart

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Joan of Arc

• Svetlana Savitskaya

Which explorer died when their plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sir Edmund Hilary

• Neil Armstrong

• Amelia Earhart