Explorers and Discoveries Quiz

Who was the Portuguese sailor who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa in 1488?

• B) Henry Hudson

• D) Ferdinand Magellan

• A) Bartholomeu Dias

• C) Vasco De Gama

Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru?

• B) Hernan Cortes

• C) Hernando de Soto

• A) Francisco Pizarro

• D) John Cabot

Who was the Italian explorer who traveled to China?

• A) Marco Polo

• D) Henry the Navigator

• B) John Calvin

• C) Jaques Cartier

Who was the German priest who started the Protestant Reformation?

• A) Martin Luther

• B) Amerigo Vespucci

• D) Henry Hudson

• C) John Cabot

What was the tool used by mapmakers and explorers to measure the positions of the stars?

• D) Quran

• B) Globe

• C) Mosque

• A) Astrolabe

What was the name of the last Inca emperor who was captured and killed by Francisco Pizarro?

• C) Henry the Navigator

• D) John Calvin

• A) Atahualpa

• B) Montezuma

What was the name of the water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers?

• D) Mission

• C) Line of Demarcation

• B) Strait

• A) Northwest Passage

Who was the Spanish conquistador who defeated and conquered the Aztecs?

• A) Hernan Cortes

• D) Bartholomeu Dias

• C) Hernando de Soto

• B) Francisco Pizarro

Who was the French explorer who sailed to the city of Montreal while trying to reach the Pacific Ocean?

• B) Amerigo Vespucci

• A) Jaques Cartier

• D) Ferdinand Magellan

• C) Vasco De Gama

Who was the Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition that was the first to sail around the world?

• A) Ferdinand Magellan

• B) Henry Hudson

• D) Bartholomeu Dias

• C) Vasco De Gama