Early Explorers Quiz

What does GPS stand for?

• Guiding Positioning System

• Global Positioning System

• Global Positioning Setup

• Guiding Place Setup

Lines of Latitude run ________ and lines of Longitude run _______

• north to south; east to west

• North to East; west to south

• east to west; north to south

• south to east; north to west

Which explorer, pictured here, used astronomy to help guide his journeys?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Pigafetta

• Magellan

• De gama

What is the name of the red bold line down the map of Earth?

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Longitude

Whose journal survived while traveling all around the world?

• Antonio Pigafetta

• Vasca De Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando De Soto

How many days did it take Magellans crew to complete their journey?

• 23 days

• 132 days

• 1081 days

• 500 days

Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?

• Philippines

• Africa

• South America

• India

A Fleet is

• A group of ships sailing together

• A group of explorers on land

• A group of crew workers

• A group of whales

Astronomy is the study of

• stars and oceans

• planets and oceans

• planets and stars

• oceans and islands

Hernando De Soto discovered...

• much land land of North America

• the Inca Empire

• the Mississippi River

• Pueblo Indians, Grand Canyon, and buffalo herds