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Exploration

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Ponce de Leon
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Lance Armstrong
2.
Who was the first man in space?
a)
Alan Sheppard
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Yuri Gargarin
d)
John Glenn
3.
Who was the first to orbit the Earth?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Alan Sheppard
c)
John Glenn
d)
Yuri Gargarin
4.
Who was the first American in space?
a)
John Glenn
b)
Alan Sheppard
c)
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
d)
Yuri Gargarin
5.
First person to sail around the Earth
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
Ponce De Leon
d)
Mr. Brock
6.

Which of the following was not associated with the Ocean/Sea?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Piccard and Walsh

c)

Robert Ballard

d)

Jacques Cousteau

7.

Who was the leader of the Aztecs?

a)

Mr. Pursley

b)

Atahualpa

c)

Montezuma

d)

Running Water

8.

He searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth.

a)

Atahulpa

b)

Eric the Red

c)

John Cabot

d)

Juan Ponce de Leon

9.

He was the leader of the Incas

a)

Cortes

b)

Atahualpa

c)

Montezuma

d)

Pizarro

10.

Word meaning before written time

a)

Recorded

b)

radio-carbon dating

c)

prehistoric

d)

predawn

11.

He sailed to the tip of Africa and returned

a)

Da Gama

b)

Dias

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Toby Keith

12.

He set up a school of navigation to teach sailors how to sail.

a)

Dias

b)

Da Gama

c)

Balboa

d)

Prince Henry

13.

He sailed to the tip of Africa and onto India

a)

Dias

b)

Da Gama

c)

Yuri Gargarin

d)

Dora

14.

Examples would be diaries, maps, books...

a)

prehistoric

b)

recorded history

c)

school

d)

none of the above

15.

After 73 years, he found the Titantic

a)

Piccard

b)

Walsh

c)

Nemo

d)

Robert Ballard

16.

Explored the North Pole

a)

Robert Peary/Matthew Henson

b)

Piccard/Walsh

c)

Sonny/Cher

d)

Popeye/Olive

17.

They explored the deepest part of the ocean - Challenger deep

a)

Peary/Henson

b)

Piccard/Walsh

c)

Captain and Teneal

d)

Batman and Robin

18.

He was a deep sea explorer

a)

Robert Peary

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Jacques Cousteau

d)

Sponge Bob

19.

He was the first to orbit the Earth

a)

John Glenn

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Alan Sheppard

d)

Dan Kartholl

20.

remains left behind

a)

radio-carbon dating

b)

artifact

c)

archeologist

d)

trash

21.

once alive up to 30,000 years dating

a)

artifact

b)

radio-carbon

c)

archeologist

d)

none of the above

22.

Someone who studies the past by observing artifacts

a)

Radio-Carbon Dating

b)

Artifact

c)

Archeologist

d)

nerd

23.

Credited with discovering America

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Eric the Red

d)

Freydis

24.

The first European (Viking) to North America

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Eric the Red

c)

Columbus

d)

Cabot

25.

He beat Columbus by hundreds of years to America and called it Vinland

a)

Robert Irvine

b)

Freydis

c)

Eric the Red

d)

Leif Ericson

26.

transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa

a)

artifacts

b)

archeologist

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Vegeterian

27.

Spanish explorers who captured land for Spain

a)

defeaters

b)

Romans

c)

conquistadors

d)

rulers

28.

"rebirth" Kings and Queens began to fund explorations

a)

conquistadors

b)

renaissance

c)

taxation

d)

black hole

29.

A non-existent all water route across America

a)

Porthole

b)

Tunnel Passage

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Mississsippi

30.

People left due to Henry VIII changing religions in England

a)

Church Reformation

b)

Pilgrims

c)

transformation

d)

Puritans

31.

Many people wanted to explore after reading the Adventures of Marco Polo thanks to the:

a)

Hugenots

b)

renaissance

c)

copy machine

d)

Printing press

32.

Even number roads in the US run...

a)

North/South

b)

East/West

c)

North/West

d)

South/East

33.

This helped settle the argument between Spain and Portugal

a)

rock, paper, scissors

b)

arm wrestling

c)

Line of Demarcation

d)

boxing match