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Explorers and Discoveries Quiz

Authored by Alberto Garcia

Science

5th Grade

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Explorers and Discoveries Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who was the Italian sailor hired by King Henry VII?

Giovanni Caboto

Amerigo Vespucci

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Hernando Cortes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was Giovanni Caboto's nickname?

John Cabot

Christopher Columbus

Marco Polo

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Where did Giovanni Caboto think he landed in 1497?

China

India

Japan

Australia

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

Amerigo Vespucci

Giovanni Caboto

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Hernando de Soto

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

America

Asia

Europe

Africa

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Amerigo Vespucci

Hernando de Soto

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who was the first to discover the Pacific Ocean?

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Giovanni Caboto

Hernando Cortes

Amerigo Vespucci

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