North American Explorers Quiz
Authored by Ann-Kathrin Effenberg
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean?
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortes
Vasco De Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer sailed and mapped much of the South Pacific?
John Cabot
Captain James Cook
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who discovered and named the Hudson River?
John Cabot
Hernando Cortes
Henry Hudson
Vasco De Balboa
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the second explorer who planned to reach North America?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Hernando Cortes
Captain James Cook
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who conquered the Aztecs and renamed Tenochtitlan to Mexico City?
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortes
Vasco De Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who sailed out to find a Northwest Passage across North America to Asia?
Captain James Cook
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Sir Francis Drake
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who established the town Darien and claimed the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain?
John Cabot
Hernando Cortes
Vasco De Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
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