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WorksheetsExplorers Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who discovered the Missisippi River and was a captain for Francisco Pizarro?
a)
Vasco deGama
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Hernando Cortez
d)
Hernando deSoto
2.
Who was the first to North America by way of Canada?
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Leif Ericson
c)
Henry the Navigator
d)
John Cabot
3.
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
Hernando Cortez
4.
Who was the first governor of Puerto Rico?
a)
Hernando deSoto
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
5.
Who discovered Brazil and explored South America?
a)
Pedro Cabral
b)
Bartholomew Dias
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Sir Frances Drake
6.
Who was the 2nd to circumnavigate the Earth and defeated the Spanish Armada?
a)
Jacque Cartier
b)
Leif Ericsson
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Sir Frances Drake
7.
Who was looking for El Dorado (city of gold) and established the colony of Roanoke?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Sir Frances Drake
8.
Who landed in North America at what is now St. Augustine, Florida?
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Pedro Cabral
c)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Hernando de Soto
9.
Who found trade routes to India around the Cape of Good Hope?
a)
Bartholomew Dias
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
John Cabot
10.
Which conquistador conquered the Incas?
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Hernando Cortes
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
11.
Who discovered the West Indies (Caribbean - Bahamas, Hispaniola)?
a)
Bartholomew Dias
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Leif Ericson
d)
Christopher Columbus
12.
Who started a school for navigation?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Henry the Navigator
d)
Jacque Cartier
13.
Who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
John Cabot
14.
Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Leif Ericson
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Hernando Cortes
15.
Who was one of the 4 hurricane survivors of the Narvaez Expedition?
a)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Pedro Cabral
d)
Bartholomew Dias
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