WorksheetsWho is that Explorer??
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I started a famous school for navigation.
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Lief Ericson
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Christopher Columbus
2.
I am a Spanish explorer - I searched for the Fountain of Youth and gold - but ended up finding Florida instead!
a)
Leif Ericson
b)
Francisco Coronado
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
3.
I get the credit for discovering the New World even though technically I didn't. I did get trade established between Europe and the New World.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Marco Polo
4.
I was the first European to reach North America.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Lief Ericson
d)
Eric the Red
5.
I established fur trade in North America and started the first permanent French settlement.
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Samuel de Champlain
d)
John Cabot
6.
I am credited with discovering Canada and claiming it for France.
a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
John Cabot
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Jacques Cartier
7.
I tried to find the Northwest Passage by traveling through the Arctic Ocean - and ended up establishing New Amsterdam. I never found the NW Passage.
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Samuel de Champlain
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
8.
I traveled along the Silk Road and took time to establish trade with Asia and learn about their culture.
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Robert de LaSalle
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Marco Polo
9.
I founded Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean. I claimed both the ocean and all the land that touched it for my country, Spain!
a)
Francisco Coronado
b)
Vasco de Balboa
c)
Hernando de Soto
d)
Henry Hudsonb
10.
I was the first European explorer to sail from Europe to Asia around the southern tip of Africa!
a)
Bartholomeu Dias
b)
Vasco de Balboa
c)
Vasco de Gama
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
11.
I was the first explorer to circumnavigate the entire world!
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Vasco de Balboa
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Hernando de Soto
12.
There are many reasons to explore: fame, fortune, curiousity, religion, national pride, foreign goods, and ?
a)
for the fun of it.
b)
obligation.
c)
better trade routes.
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