Explorers

Explorers

5th Grade

15 Qs

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Explorers

Explorers

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This navigator sailed for Spain. America was named after him.

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Amerigo Vespucci

Hernán Cortés

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An Italian merchant who wrote a book about his travels to the Far East along the Silk Road.

Marco Polo

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A French explorer who built a fortress in what is now Quebec City in Canada. He is known as the “Father of New France.”

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain

Henri de Tonti

Louis Jolliet

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This Italian explorer, working for France, traveled the Northwest Coast and New York Harbor looking for a sea route to Asia. A bridge named after this explorer connects Staten Island and Brooklyn.

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Marco Polo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The conquistador defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico for Spain.

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizarro

Diego Velazquez

Juan de Salazar

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Although his ship succeeded in circumnavigating the entire world, he did not survive the entire trip.

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

James Cook

Vasco da Gama

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru.

Hernán Cortés

Francisco Pizarro

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Ferdinand Magellan

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