World Explorers

During the Age of Discovery, the reason explorers went exploring was for...

• Gold

• Glory

• God

• All of the above

Which of these explorers completed their journey during the Old World phase?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Vasco Da Gama

• Matthew Flinders

Which explorer began the New World by discovering the Americas?

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Abel Tasman

• Zheng He

What kind of dangers or difficulties could explorers face?

• Shipwreck

• Running out of food and water

• Getting lost

• All of the above

What is a primary source?

• Colours

• Information from a person who experienced an event

• Information from someone who heard about an event

• A book written about an event by someone who researched it

What is a secondary source?

• Information written by someone who researched an event

• Photo, original painting, diary entry

• A source of water

• Information given by someone who experienced an event

Which of the following are map features?

• A heading and writing

• Drawings of continents

• Compass rose, scale, key

• Pictures

Explorers have shaped the world we live in today by...

• Countries speaking the language of the explorer who first 'discovered' the continent/area or established colonies

• Explorers mapped and navigated much of the world we know today

• Explorers influenced exchanges of culture, food and traditions that we know today

• All of the above

A continent is...

• A large landmass and associated islands

• A large body of water

• A country

• A made up word

Which European explorer was the first one known to have contact with the Australian continent?

• Willem Janzsoon

• Dirk Hartog

• Abel Tasman

• Captain James Cook