Explorers and Discoveries Quiz

Who was the Italian sailor hired by King Henry VII?

• Giovanni Caboto

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando Cortes

What was Giovanni Caboto's nickname?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

Where did Giovanni Caboto think he landed in 1497?

• China

• India

• Japan

• Australia

Who was the Italian explorer that sailed south of the Bahamas in 1499?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Giovanni Caboto

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

What term was born after a German mapmaker named the new continents?

• America

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

Which explorer escaped in a barrel to what is now Colombia?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Who was the first to discover the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Giovanni Caboto

• Hernando Cortes

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which explorer traveled to Mexico from Spain in 1519?

• Hernando Cortes

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Giovanni Caboto

Who captured and abducted Aztec ruler Moctezuma?

• Hernando Cortes

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which explorer set out in 1540 to explore southwestern North America?

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Giovanni Caboto

• Amerigo Vespucci