WorksheetsExplorers of the world
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you think this person is based on how he is dressed?
a)
Conquistador
b)
Navigator
c)
Viking
d)
King
2.
In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail?
a)
1942
b)
1442
c)
1492
d)
1592
3.
What fast moving ship was very good at sailing into the wind? One of Magellan's ships called the Santiago was on of the type of ships.
a)
Caravel
b)
Titanic
c)
Sea Dolphin
d)
Caravan
4.
Columbus reported that there were vast majorities of what item in the West Indies?
a)
Silver
b)
Tobbacco
c)
Grain
d)
Gold
5.
What did Ferdinand Magellan set out to find?
a)
Atlantic-Pacific Passage
b)
Pacific-Atlantic Passage
c)
Pacific Passage
d)
European Passage
6.
What does circumnavigate mean?
a)
Travel Around
b)
Go Back
c)
Turn Around
d)
Forward
7.
Which of these was a Spanish explorers who went on expedition to Florida?
a)
Hernando de Canto
b)
Hernando de Desoto
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Magellan
8.
What group of people were in the Americas first?
a)
African Americans
b)
Native Americans
c)
Americanas
d)
Aztecs
9.
What did Henry Hudson set out to do?
a)
Find the Southwest Passage
b)
Find the Northeast Passage
c)
Find the Northwest Passage
d)
Find Mr. Wages Classroom
10.
Samuel de Champlain settled the banks of the St. Lawrence and named the settlement what?
a)
Quebec
b)
Aztec
c)
Quichita
d)
Wisconsin
11.
Jaques Marquette founded two missions along what area?
a)
The Great Canyon
b)
The Rocky Mountains
c)
The Great Lakes
d)
Ms. Baileys room
12.
Native Americans did what with Dutch and French Traders?
a)
Run
b)
Eat
c)
Explore
d)
Trade
13.
Where do you think Desoto county Mississippi got its name?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Hernando Desoto
c)
Mr. Carnell
d)
Ponce De Desoto
14.
Who sailed to North America from England?
a)
Ponce De Leon
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
John Cabot
d)
Jean de Lapoo
15.
What explorer has the memorized line of "In 1492 ______________ ________________ sailed the ocean blue.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Ms. Holland
d)
Submuloc Rehpotsirhc
16.
In mercantilism a Nation became strong by building up its what?
a)
Army
b)
Navy
c)
Gold & silver
d)
Grains
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