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Explorers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the explorer who sailed for England?

a)

Hudson

b)

Cartier

c)

Magellan

d)

de Soto

2.

Who built a fort in Memphis, TN and called the land New France?

a)

Hudson

b)

La Salle

c)

Vespucci

d)

Columbus

3.

Who sailed the Niagara River and all the Mississippi?

a)

Vespucci

b)

Columbus

c)

Cartier

d)

La Salle

4.

Who were the explorers who sailed from France?

a)

Magellan and Vespucci

b)

LaSalle and Cartier

c)

Columbus and de Soto

d)

Hudson and Cartier

5.

Who was the first person to sail around the world?

a)

Columbus

b)

de Soto

c)

Vespucci

d)

Magellan

6.

Who were the explorers who sailed for Portugal?

a)

Magellan and Vespucci

b)

de Soto and Columbus

c)

Cartier and Hudson

d)

La Salle and de Soto

7.

Which country was the first to discover the New World?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

England

8.

Which country had the first explorer to sail around the world?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

9.

Who was the first European to set foot in South America?

a)

Vespucci

b)

de Soto

c)

Hudson

d)

Magellan

10.

North and South America were named after ___________.

a)

Hudson

b)

Magellan

c)

Vespucci

d)

LaSalle

11.

Who discovered the Saint Lawrence River?

a)

Cartier

b)

LaSalle

c)

Hudson

d)

Columbus

12.

Who became the governor of the Bahamas and also enslaved the natives of the area?

a)

Columbus

b)

Magellan

c)

LaSalle

d)

Vespucci

13.

Who was the explorer who sailed for Spain/Queen Isabella?

a)

Vespucci

b)

de Soto

c)

Columbus

d)

Magellan

14.

Which explorer founded the New World?

a)

Magellan

b)

Columbus

c)

de Soto

d)

Vespucci

15.

Who was the explorer who explored the southeast United States?

a)

deSoto

b)

Magellan

c)

Columbus

d)

Vespucci

16.

Which country introduced pigs, horses, and sheep to the New World?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

17.

Which country only sent one explorer to the New World?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

18.

Which country sent the explorer who named Canada?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

19.

Who founded the Hudson Bay?

a)

Magellan

b)

Hudson

c)

Columbus

d)

de Soto

20.

Whose crew put him in a boat and no one knows what happened to him?

a)

Columbus

b)

Hudson

c)

Magellan

d)

de Soto