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WorksheetsExplorers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.
a)
Columbus
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Polo
d)
Magellan
2.
I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus. I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.
a)
Vespucci
b)
Cabot
c)
Erickson
d)
Balboa
3.
I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean as I climbed over a mountaintop.
a)
Balboa
b)
Vespucci
c)
Magellan
d)
Cabot
4.
I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I was the first to step foot on what is today U.S.A. soil.
a)
de Soto
b)
Erikson
c)
Columbus
d)
de Leon
5.
I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
6.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?
a)
To serarch for gold and riches
b)
To omake friends with the Native Americans
c)
To spread their religion
d)
The explorerers want to become famous.
7.
_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
d)
Jacques Cartier
8.
What was the main accomplishment of exploration?
a)
The discovery of new lands
b)
Riches and valuable gold
c)
Natural resources like large forest and fish
d)
Learning to grow crops from Native Americans
9.
Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.
a)
Florida
b)
Canada
c)
the Bahamas
d)
Hudson Bay
10.
_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Vasco Nunea Balboa
d)
Christopher Columbus
11.
Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.
a)
Florida
b)
Canada
c)
the Bahamas
d)
Hudson Bay
12.
Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?
a)
England
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Spain
13.
What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?
a)
To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
b)
To claim land in Canada
c)
To explore the Hudson Bay
d)
None of the above
14.
What was an outcome of John Cabot's attempt to find the Northwest Passage?
a)
He discovered fishing in Canada was extremely good and fishing companies moved there.
b)
He discovered Florida.
c)
He learned to grow corn from the natives.
d)
None of the above
15.
_______________ was kicked off his boat by his crew and was never heard from again.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Jacques Cartier
16.
Ponce de Leon was the first European explorer to
a)
claim land for France int he Western Hemisphere.
b)
Set foot on what is now the United States
c)
Start a colony for England in North America.
d)
Sail across the Atlantic Ocean.
17.
This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia. Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC. Who is it?
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Henry Hudson
18.
Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?
a)
bad weather
b)
no maps
c)
ran out of supplies
d)
all of the above
19.
Cabot and Hudson both sailed for which European Country?
a)
France
b)
Porugal
c)
England
d)
Spain
20.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
a)
Explorer who found the Indies.
b)
Explorer who found the Americas.
c)
Explorer who sailed to Asia.
d)
Explorer who sailed to the Indies.
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