Explorers and Discoveries

Who searched for the Fountain of Youth?

• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizarro
• Juan Ponce de León
• Hernán Cortés

Which explorer landed on an island and named it Newfoundland?

• Christopher Columbus
• Samuel de Champlain

• Ponce De Leon

• John Cabot

Which explorer sailed up the St. Lawrence River?

• Marco Polo
• Vasco da Gama
• Samuel de Champlain

• Christopher Columbus

During his search for gold, which explorer found the Mississippi River?

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando de Soto
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan

Who searched for the Northwest Passage in his ship, the Half Moon.

• Henry Hudson
• Vasco da Gama
• John Cabot
• Christopher Columbus

Who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• Juan Ponce de León
• Hernán Cortés
• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Who was searching for a shortcut to the East Indies but found the West Indies?

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama
• Marco Polo

Who told of a place off the coast of Newfoundland where there were many fish?

• Vasco da Gama
• John Cabot
• Henry Hudson
• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer sailed for the Dutch East India Company?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• John Cabot
  

Whose men were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon?

• Coronado Expedition
• Magellan Expedition
• Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Viking Expedition