US history Explorers and Historical Figures Quiz

Who told a fellow prisoner about adventures in China and other parts of Asia?

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer set sail from Spain with 270 men and 5 ships?

• Francisco de Coronado

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Hernando Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who disobeyed the governor of Cuba and conquered the strongest Indian tribe in Mexico?

• Hernando Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando de Soto

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was the English queen for whom Virginia was named?

• Elizabeth I

• Mary I

• Victoria

• Anne

Who reached Newfoundland in search of a passage to China and was known by a different name to the English?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Vasco de Gama

Who thought they could sail 3,000 miles west to reach Japan but had faulty calculations?

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco de Coronado

Who was considered an English Sea Dog and viewed as a pirate by the Spanish?

• Sir Francis Drake

• Hernando Cortes

• John Cabot

• Sir Walter Raleigh

Who was the first to explore the Florida peninsula in 1513 on behalf of Spain?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando de Soto

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco de Gama

Who was the New World named after by a German mapmaker?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

Who found the Grand Canyon while searching for the Seven Cities of Gold?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco de Coronado