Explorers Quiz
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer was funded by Spain but grew up in Italy?
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Hernando de Soto
John Cabot
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who sailed to present-day Panama in Central America and became the first European to reach the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Hernando de Soto
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer led an expedition in North America in what is now the Southeastern U.S.?
Christopher Columbus
Hernando de Soto
Vasco Nunez Balboa
John Cabot
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was good at convincing leaders to fund his travels and went to the New World on four separate trips?
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Hernando de Soto
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who sailed up the Hudson River in present-day New York?
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who sailed over 1000 miles along the St. Lawrence River in Canada and named the area 'Kanata'?
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Jacques Cartier
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer's crew mutinied and kicked him off the boat, and he was never heard from again?
Jacques Cartier
Vasco Nunez Balboa
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
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