WorksheetsSpanish Conquistadors
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country gave Christopher Columbus money for his trip?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
England
2.
Which explorer discovered and named Florida?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
John Cabot
3.
Who traveled with Columbus on his second voyage to the New World?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Balboa
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Jaques Cartier
4.
This explorer was killed by a poisoned arrow.
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Columbus
c)
Cartier
d)
Balboa
5.
What does the word Conquistador mean?
a)
Coming in peace
b)
Searching for gold
c)
Conquering
d)
Farmers
6.
What did Balboa discover that no European had seen before?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
gold
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Florida
7.
What is an Isthmus?
a)
an island
b)
a long, narrow strip of land
c)
a big wave
d)
a hurricane
8.
Which explorer was found guilty of betraying his country and then beheaded?
a)
Columbus
b)
Balboa
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
John Smith
9.
Where did Columbus believe he had landed?
a)
Florida
b)
Panama
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
The Indies and China
10.
What did all of these explorers want to discover?
a)
Native Americans
b)
gold and riches
c)
new friends
d)
new towns
11.
In ____________ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
a)
1572
b)
1892
c)
1492
d)
1942
12.
What body of water did all of these explorers cross?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
South Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
13.
Balboa married a __________________.
a)
Spanish Queen
b)
Native American daughter of the chief
c)
Woman from Puerto Rico
d)
Lady from Florida
14.
Who gave both Columbus and Ponce de Leon money for their journey?
a)
King John
b)
Queen Elizabeth and King George
c)
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
d)
King Henry
15.
Which explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth?
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Columbus
c)
Balboa
d)
Cabot
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