Explorers and Discoveries Quiz

Which explorer was the first to find a trade route to India?

• Hernando Cortés

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

Which explorer was the first to find a route around Africa?

• Hernando Cortés

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomé de Las Casas

Which explorer’s crew traveled around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortés

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

What is the cause of scurvy?

• a lack of vitamin C

• a lack of protein

• a lack of vitamin D

• the movement of the ship

Ferdinand and Isabella appealed to whom to settle their dispute with the Portuguese?

• Christopher Columbus

• Montezuma II

• John Cabot

• Pope Alexander VI

What did the Incas do after Pizarro took Atahualpa captive?

• nothing

• filled a room with gold for the Spanish

• killed Atahualpa

• fought the Spanish