Worksheets1.5 Explorers
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
New York Bay was explored by what explorer?
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Mr. Mudrick
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached what body of water?
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand was best known for doing what?
captaining a ship that sailed around the world
finding spices and riches in India
Finding new land in a remote area of the world
Ruling another country
The search for a trade route to China was done by what explorer?
Bartolomeu Dias
Ponce de Leon
John Cabot
Hernando de Soto
Who was the first European to cross the isthmus of Panama?
de Soto
Cabot
Columbus
Balboa
Ponce de Leon explored where?
isthmus of Panama
North American mainland
Africa
Caribbean islands
Christopher Columbus's first voyage landed him where?
Hispaniola
Cuba
New Jersey
India
Vasco da Gama discovered all water routes from where to where?
Europe to North America
Portugal to Asia
Africa to India
Europe to India
The Gulf Coast of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi were fist mapped by which explorer?
Balboa
de Gama
Dora
de Soto
Portugal's desire to find all trade routes to Asia were done by what two explorers?
da Gama and Dias
Magellan and Columbus
de Leon and Balboa
Dora and Swiper
The tool an explorer used to tell them what directions the were traveling was called what?
map
sundial
compass
GPS
What type of ship used lateen sails for speed and ease with direction?
scooner
cruise
row
caravel
