Explorers Quizizz

I was the first European to discover Florida and gave it its name. I also discovered the Gulf Stream.

• Sir Francis Drake

• John Cabot

• Dias

• Ponce de Leon

My crew was the first to circumnavigate the world. I have a strait named after me that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

• Erik the Red

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Da Gama

• Samuel De Champlain

I am a conquistador who explored many southeastern U.S. states. I discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River

• Hernando De Soto

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Henry Hudson

I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the South Seas, also known as the Pacific Ocean

• Dias

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Henry Hudson

I am called the Father of New France and founded Quebec City

• Samuel De Champlain

• Leif Erikson

• Ponce De Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

I am a viking who was exiled from Iceland. I was the first to colonize Greenland.

• John Cabot

• Sir Francis Drake

• Leif Erikson

• Erik the Red

I have a river, bay, and strait named after me and I explored what is now New York

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando De Soto

• Samuel De Champlain

• Christopher Columbus

I made it around the Cape of Good Hope, but had to stop due to a storm. I discovered that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Dias

• Da Gama

• Leif Erikson

I was the son of Erik the Red. I was the first European to discover the New World

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ponce de Leon

• Da Gama

• Leif Erikson

The Americas were named after me. I proved Columbus wrong in that North America and South America are NOT part of Asia

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot