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WorksheetsEuropean Explorers
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
He was the first to cross the Mississippi River and explored parts of the U.S. like GA, FL and AL.
a)
Balboa
b)
Cortez
c)
Hernando De Soto
d)
Ponce de Leon
2.
He was the first to cross the Mississippi River and explored parts of the U.S. like GA, FL and AL.
a)
Balboa
b)
Cortez
c)
Hernando De Soto
d)
Ponce de Leon
3.
He was the first to reach from the New World through the Isthmus of Panama.
a)
Balboa
b)
Cortez
c)
De Soto
d)
Erikson
4.
This explorer died from being exposed to the cold.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Leif Erikson
5.
He explored China and wrote about his many travels which inspired other explorers.
a)
De Soto
b)
Balboa
c)
Leif Erikson
d)
Marco Polo
6.
Which explorer is America named after?
a)
Cortes
b)
Vespucci
c)
Ponce De Leon
d)
Hudson
7.
He spent most of his time searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Hernando Cortes
8.
The explorer and Viking is regarded for discovering the Americas 500 years before Columbus.
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
John Cabot
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Leif Erikson
9.
This French explorer went in search of the Northwest Passage and explored Canada 3 times.
a)
Balboa
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
John Cabot
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
10.
This French explorer started a settlement in Quebec, Canada and has a lake named after him.
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Samuel de Champlain
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
John Cabot
11.
Spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was first to explore Florida.
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Ponce de Leon
c)
John Cabot
d)
Hernan Cortez
12.
Which explorer was publicly beheaded?
a)
Columbus
b)
Ponce de Leon
c)
Cortes
d)
Balboa
13.
He became the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific and cross the Pacific.
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Balboa
c)
Columbus
d)
John Cabot
14.
This explorer was the first to reach India by sea. Who was he?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Columbus
15.
This man is called "The Father of Canada." Who is he?
a)
Hudson
b)
Champlain
c)
Cabot
d)
Cartier
16.
This Italian explorer believed the world was round and wanted to sail west to go east.
a)
Columbus
b)
Cabot
c)
Pizarro
d)
Magellan
17.
He discovered the Pacific when he was a soldier with Balboa. He later found Lima Peru.
a)
Pizarro
b)
Cortes
c)
Magellan
d)
Vasco de Gama
18.
This Spanish explorer visited Florida and was wounded by an arrow, and returned home to die.
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Ponce de Leon
19.
This explorer was provided 3 ships and 90 men by the Queen of Spain to go on his expedition.
a)
Erikson
b)
Cartier
c)
Balboa
d)
Columbus
20.
He began the first phase of the Spanish Colonization of the Americas and conquered the Aztec empire.
a)
Pizarro
b)
Cortes
c)
de Gama
d)
de Soto
21.
He named Louisiana after King Louis XIV and died trying to take over and conquer Mexico.
a)
Cortes
b)
Coronado
c)
Cartier
d)
de Lasalle
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