Early Explorers of North America
Authored by Olga Bulatitskaya
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Francis Drake
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who explored the North American Southwest
from modern-day Kansas to the Grand Canyon?
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Francis Drake
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?
Christopher Columbus
Francis Drake
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Francis Drake
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who identified South America as a continent by exploring its coastline?
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who explored the Mississippi river and claimed Louisiana for France in 1682?
Sieur Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Jacques Cartier
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
Samuel de Champlain
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who explored the Saint Lawrence River?
Sieur Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Jacques Cartier
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
Samuel de Champlain
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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