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WorksheetsExplorer Quiz Part 2
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Magellan:
a)
First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia.
b)
Although he was killed, his crew made the first trip around the world.
c)
Wrote a book about his 17 years in China.
d)
Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold.
2.
Leif Ericson:
a)
Discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River.
b)
Started a school of navigation.
c)
First European to set foot on the continent of North America while searching for wood for the Vikings.
d)
Explored the waters off of Canada.
3.
Marco Polo:
a)
Named the Cape of Good Hope.
b)
Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold.
c)
His crew made the first trip around the world.
d)
Wrote a book about his 17 years in Asia and China.
4.
Prince Henry:
a)
Started a school of navigation and started mapping the coast of Africa.
b)
Discovered the Hudson River.
c)
His Italian name was Giovanni Caboto.
d)
First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia.
5.
Coronado:
a)
Explored the waters off of Canada.
b)
Started a school of navigation.
c)
Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold and claimed much of the SW for Spain.
d)
Wanted to find wood for the Viking settlements.
6.
Henry Hudson:
a)
Spent 17 years in Asia and China.
b)
Discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River.
c)
Started mapping the coast of Africa.
d)
Named the Cape of Good Hope.
7.
Bartholomeu Dias
a)
First European to sail around the tip of Africa named the Cape of Good Hope.
b)
Looked for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
c)
First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia.
d)
Started a school of navigation.
8.
Vasco da Gama
a)
His crew reached the Indies and made the first trip around the world.
b)
Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold.
c)
First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia.
d)
Spent 17 years in China and Asia.
9.
John Cabot
a)
First European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
b)
Landed in Newfoundland and his Italian name was Giovanni Caboto.
c)
Started a school of naviation.
d)
First European to set foot in North America.
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