9/29 Explorers Quiz

Match the fact with the right explorer.

• Columbus

• Thought he landed in Asia, so he named the people he saw "Indians".

• Magellan

• Began his voyage with 5 ships, and only one returned to Spain.

• Columbus

• He sailed with the boats Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

• Columbus

• Sailed the ocean blue in 1492.

• Magellan

• Died in the Philippines in 1521.

Columbus searched for many years for someone to give him money to sail to the west. Which leaders and country finally gave him money?

• His mom

• King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Italy

• Leif Erikson

• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

What ocean did Columbus cross?

• Indian

• Arctic

• Atlantic

• Southern

Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?

• Because that is their name in their language.

• Because Columbus thought he landed in India.

• Because Marco Polo named them.

Many Americans believe Columbus did what? 

• Discovered America
• Became a millionaire
• Built a bridge
• Discovered Hawaii

1st to sail around the world

• Magellan
• Eriksson
• Columbus
• LaSalle

Look at the map.  Which explorer took this route?

• Eriksson
• LaSalle
• Magellan
• Columbus

How many of Magellan's ships returned to Spain at the end of the voyage?

• one
• five
• two
• zero

To completely​ go around something :​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Circumnavigate

• page

• Moluccas

• El Paso

• Page

Compass

• anything to tell direction

• something that tells time

• el paso

• circumnavigate