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Explorers

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Traveled to the Far East and saw China

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

2.

People became interested in Asia because of his trading

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

3.

Made four voyages and discovered the what he thought was the New Wolrd

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

4.

Explored Newfoundland and claimed it for England

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

5.

Helped give England the right to establish the 13 colonies

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

6.

German mapmaker named the New World America to honor him

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

7.

Discovered Florida

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Jacques Cartier

8.

Searched for the Fountain of Youth

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Jacques Cartier

9.

Led a voyage that circled the globe

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Jacques Cartier

10.

Searched for the Northwest Passage and traveled the St. Lawrence River

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Jacques Cartier

11.

Searched for the Northwest Passage and explored the coast of North America

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

12.

A bay, river, and strait were named after him

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

13.

A tasteless, sugarless biscuit that lasted a long time without spoiling

a)

shoals

b)

hardtack

c)

scurvy

d)

flour

14.

Shallow waters in the ocean that are rich with sea life

a)

shoals

b)

hardtack

c)

scurvy

d)

flour

15.

Disease that many explorers got due to lack of fresh foods

a)

shoals

b)

hardtack

c)

scurvy

d)

flour

16.

Way of getting from a starting place to a destination

a)

route

b)

navigation

c)

isthmus

d)

shoal

17.

Ability to take a ship from one place to another

a)

route

b)

navigation

c)

isthmus

d)

shoal

18.

Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses

a)

route

b)

navigation

c)

isthmus

d)

shoal

19.

Explored across Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

20.

Select the reasons for exploration

a)

curiosity

b)

wealth

c)

fame

d)

family

e)

looking for lost friends

21.

Select the reasons for exploration

a)

national pride

b)

religion

c)

foreign goods

d)

better trade routes

e)

teaching others to sail