WorksheetsExplorers and Conquistadors
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
b)
Hernando De Soto
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Vasco de Gamma
2.
Who explored the Southeastern part of the United States and Mississippi River?
a)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
b)
Hernano Desoto
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Vasco de Gamma
3.
An Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and landed in the Caribbean islands when looking for a route to Asia.
a)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
b)
Hernando Desoto
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Vasco De Gamma
4.
Who was a famous Viking explorer we covered?
a)
Vasco De Nunez Balboa
b)
Hernando Desoto
c)
Leif Erickson
d)
Vasco De Gamma
5.
A Portuguese explorer who found an Atlantic-Pacific passage.
a)
Vasco De Nunez Balboa
b)
Hernando Desoto
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
6.
Who was a conquistador who sailed to Mexico with many soldiers?
a)
Hernando Cortes
b)
Hernando Desoto
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
7.
Fransisco Pizzaro is known for what?
a)
Defeating the Incas in modern day Peru
b)
Defeating the Aztecs in modern day Peru
c)
Defeating the Aztecs in modern day Portugal
d)
Portuguese waffle making
8.
Explorer who made two trips to the new lands and declared that it was not Asia but a New World.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vaspucci
c)
American Vespucci
d)
John Cabot
9.
An Aztec leader tried to convince this person to leave.
a)
Moctezuma
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Lewis & Clarke
d)
John Cabot
10.
Christopher Columbus sailed on what boats?
a)
Pinto bean,santa Maria, Mansa
b)
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
c)
Marian, Santa Clause, Poncho
d)
Nina, Pinta, Sonto marina
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