Explorers and Resources Quiz

Who discovered the River Niger?

• Christopher Columbus

• Mungo Park

• Vasco da Gama

• James Cook

Christopher Columbus was an explorer from:

• Portugal

• Spain

• Italy

• France

Which explorer's name was used to name the Americas?

• Columbus

• Vespucci

• Cook

• Magellan

Who organized the discovery of routes to India from Portugal?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Ibn Battuta

What was Ferdinand Magellan known for?

• Discovering the River Niger

• Circumnavigating the world

• Discovering America

• Creating maps of Africa

The Lander brothers discovered the:

• Amazon River

• Route and mouths of River Niger

• Sahara Desert

• Island of Calicut

Who was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco da Gama

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Equiano

Olaudah Equiano was known for:

• Discovering the Nile

• Promoting slavery

• Fighting slave trade

• Founding Nigeria

Vasco da Gama's main mission was to:

• Find America

• Circumnavigate the globe

• Open sea routes to India

• Discover Australia

Who explored most parts of the Islamic world in medieval times?

• Prince Henry

• Columbus

• Ibn Battuta

• James Cook