Which explorer discovered the Atlantic and Indian oceans are connected?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer was the first to reach India from Portugal?

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernando de Soto

• Bartolomeu Dias

Which explorer was the first to reach the New World - but he never realized it! (He thought he was in India!)

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer reached the New World from England. He tried to find a northern route to Asia. A river and bay are named after him.

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer reached the new world from France?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer explored through Florida and parts of the current southern US?

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Hernando de Soto

• Vasco da Gama

Which explorer was the first to realize the New World was NOT Asia? (The continents are named after him.)

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer's voyage is #8 on the map? (He was the first to travel all the way around the globe.)

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec people by capturing the city of Tenochtitlan?

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizzaro

Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Incan people by demanding their emperor fill his prison cell with gold and silver

• Hernan Cortes

• Montezuma

• Francisco Pizzaro