Explorer Test

Who conquered the Aztecs?

• Pedro Cabral

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortez

Who discovered Brazil?

• Hernando Cortez

• Henry Hudson

• Pedro Cabral

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who sailed around parts of Newfoundland and St. Lawrence River? He also claimed land for France.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando Cortez

• Henry Hudson

Who was looking for a northwest passage to China, ended up in Delaware Bay and New York Harbor. Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Henry Hudson Bridge are all named after him.

• Henry Hudson

• Pedro Cabral

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the cruel and devious Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas?

• Hernando Cortez

• Pedro Cabral

• Henry Hudson

• Francisco Pizzaro

Who sailed west looking for the Indies and discovered the Bahamas. He is given credit for discovering the New World.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Pedro Cabral

Who was looking for gold, saw the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando Cortez

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

Who claimed modern day eastern Canada for England?

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

• John Cabot

• Pedro Cabral

What is the movement of people, plants, animals and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Columbian Trade

• Trade Exchange

• Columbian Marketing

• The Columbian Exchange

Who was the French explorer who followed the St. Lawrence River into what is now considered the United States?

• Pedro Cabral

• Samuel de Champlain

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortez