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Early Explorers

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Traveled from Venice to China on the Silk Road

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

John Cabot

2.

Explorer whose crew sailed around the world.

a)

Leif Eriksson

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Franciso Vasquez de Coronado

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

Viking who discovered America before Columbus.

a)

Dias

b)

Cortes

c)

Eriksson

d)

Columbus

4.

Prince who started a sailing school to train navigators.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Henry the Navigator

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Giovanni da Varrazzano

5.

Explorer who accidentally discovered Canada while searching for the Northwest Passage.

a)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Christopher Columbus

6.

First navigator to sail around the southern tip of Africa to the Indian Ocean.

a)

Bartholomeu Dias

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Henry Hudson

7.

First European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

d)

Bartholomeu Dias

8.

Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

9.

Spanish explorer who searched for the "city of gold."

a)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

b)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Henry the Navigator

10.

To sail all around something

a)

merchant

b)

caravan

c)

circumnavigate

d)

expedition

11.

People who trade, buy, and sell to earn a living.

a)

merchant

b)

caravan

c)

expedition

d)

caravel

12.

An ancient network of travel that brings goods such as silk from China to the rest of the world.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

astrolabe

c)

expedition

d)

Silk Road

13.

A journey taken by a group of people with a particular goal.

a)

caravel

b)

navigation

c)

expedition

d)

caravan

14.

An instrument designed to keep track of time in spite of sailing conditions.

a)

astrolabe

b)

chronometer

c)

caravel

d)

Silk Road

15.

The act of planning out a route or directing the travel of a car, ship, or plane.

a)

caravan

b)

caravel

c)

navigation

d)

expedition

16.

A navigation tool that measures the position of the stars or sun.

a)

astrolabe

b)

chronometer

c)

caravel

d)

conquistador

17.

A group of travelers traveling together across a desert in Asia or Africa.

a)

expedition

b)

caravan

c)

circumnavigate

d)

merchant

18.

Spanish word for conqueror.

a)

conquistador

b)

merchant

c)

chronometer

d)

caravel

19.

A small, fast ship of the 15th-17th century

a)

chronometer

b)

conquistador

c)

caravan

d)

caravel

20.

A route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America.

a)

Silk Road

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

merchant

d)

astrolabe

21.

Which of these was not a title of Marco Polo's book?

a)

"The Description of the World"

b)

"The Book of Marvels"

c)

"The Travels of Marco Polo"

d)

"Traveling the Silk Road"

22.

Which of the following items was NOT purchased on the Silk Road?

a)

silk

b)

electronics

c)

spices

d)

new inventions

23.

Songhai had plenty of ________, but needed _________.

a)

salt, gold

b)

gold, salt

c)

ivory, gold

d)

salt, ivory

24.

Chinese emperor who created a large fleet of ships.

a)

Zhu Di

b)

Zheng He

c)

Sunni Ali

d)

King Ferdinand

25.

Number of voyages Columbus made to the New World.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

10

d)

12