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Explorers

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What explorer's ship was the first to sail around the world?

a)

LaSalle

b)

DeSoto

c)

Magellan

d)

Polo

2.

What ocean did Megellan name?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

3.

What did DeSoto accomplish?

a)

He gathered information about the land.

b)

He discovered the Mississippi River.

c)

He claimed land in the Southeastern U.S.

d)

All of the above.

4.

Discovered the Americas, he reached the new world in 1492

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Giovanni de Verrazano

c)

Jacques Cartier

5.

He sailed up the St. Lawerence River and explored Canada

a)

Giovanni de Verrazano

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Samuel de Champlain

6.

Explored the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Jacques Cartier

7.

A waterway through North America that explorers thought would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Expedition

c)

Northwest Passage

8.

The exchange of goods, plants, animals, ideas that took place between Europeans and Native Americans.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Expedition

9.

Who founded a navigation school in Portugal?

a)

Columbus

b)

Magellan

c)

Prince Henry

10.

1st European to discover North America

a)

Columbus

b)

Vespucci

c)

Ericson

d)

La Salle

11.

Bartolomeu Dias proved that it was possible to

a)

find a water route to India.

b)

travel from Portugal to India.

c)

circumnavigate Africa when he reached the southern tip of the continent, now known as the “Cape of Good Hope.”

d)

create the most sophisticated maps of their time.

12.

What world leaders paid for Columbus expenses across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

b)

Charles the Bold and Louis XII of France

c)

Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.

d)

Manuel I of Portugal

13.
I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean as I climbed over a mountaintop.
a)
Balboa
b)
Vespucci
c)
Magellan
d)
Cabot
14.

I was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and though I never found it, I was the first to step foot on what is today U.S.A. soil.

a)

de Soto

b)

Erikson

c)

Columbus

d)

Ponce de Leon

15.
_______________ was kicked off his boat by his crew and was never heard from again.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Jacques Cartier
16.
A shorter, cheaper path to get to foreign countries is a? 
a)
National Pride
b)
Transport
c)
Better Trading Routes 
d)
Religion 
17.
What does it mean to have a lot of money, property or possessions.
a)
Religion
b)
Fame 
c)
National Pride
d)
Wealth 
18.

What are spices, jewels or other items that have been brought from another country called?

a)

Fame

b)

Foreign Goods

c)

Portage

d)

Settlement

19.
Being well known means you have what?
a)
Fame
b)
Weath
c)
Timeline
d)
Explorer
20.
A belief you want to share with others is known as?
a)
Fur Trade 
b)
Transport
c)
Trading Post
d)
Religion
21.
Wanting to find out more mean you have?
a)
Mission
b)
Transport
c)
Curiosity
d)
Settlement 
22.
Feeling like your country is special and important means you have?
a)
Wealth 
b)
Fame
c)
National Pride 
d)
Fur Trade 
23.
What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?
a)
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
b)
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
c)
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
d)
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.
24.

Who led the search for the seven cities of gold?

a)

Estevanico

b)

Coronado

c)

La Salle

d)

De Soto

25.

Where did Columbus actually go on his first trip across the ocean?

a)

the Bahamas

b)

New York

c)

the Indies

d)

South America

26.

Which European group conquered the Aztecs and the Incas?

a)

the French

b)

the English

c)

the Dutch

d)

the Spanish

27.
Coronado explored the __________ of the United States.
a)
Northwest
b)
Southwest
c)
Southeast
28.
De Soto was the first person from Europe to see the _____________.
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Northeast
c)
Mississippi River
29.

Who conquered the Incas and created a Spanish Colony on South America (Peru)?

a)

Hernando Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

d)

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

30.

Which modern American state did Juan Ponce de Leon explore?

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

New York

31.

He sailed to the West Indies and South America. America got its name from this explorer.

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Francis Drake

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Henry Hudson

32.

Who found the rich fishing area in North America and explored Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador?

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Christopher Columbus

33.

The first European to reach India by going around Africa

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Vasco da Gama

34.

He traveled to China. People wanted to travel there because of his book.

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Lief Ericson

35.

He searched for the Northwest Passage, and the entrance to the New York Harbor is named after him.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Giovanni da Verrazano

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

36.

The Europeans wanted what items from China?

a)

silver, the wheel, horses

b)

diseases, gold, natives

c)

gold, silk, spices

d)

turkeys, chickens, fruit

37.

Why did explorers want to find a sea route to China?

a)

They were afraid of getting a disease.

b)

They wanted a faster and cheaper trade route.

c)

They could not cross the Mediterranean Sea.

d)

The Turks closed the Silk Road.

38.

Leif Ericson is known for

a)

being the god of thunder

b)

discovering Russia

c)

discovering Vinland

d)

discovering the ruins of a Viking camp

39.
Greenland was given that name in order to 
a)
describe its clover fields
b)
honor Viking gods.
c)
emphasize its wide green plains
d)
attract settlers
40.

Leif Ericson was an explorer who explored__________________.

a)

Iceland

b)

Greenland

c)

Vinland

d)

Africa

41.

Why did Ericson name the settlement in Canada "Vinland"?

a)

Because it had to many Vines to travel through.

b)

The settlement contain vines good for weaving.

c)

The settlement had many grape vines.

d)

Because it was family name

42.
Eric the Red had a son who became and explorer
a)
Leif Ericson
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Montezuma
d)
Pizarro
43.
The vikings explored and settled
a)
England and Spain
b)
Iceland and Greenland
c)
Iceland and England
d)
England and Vineland
44.

Who was the King of the Aztecs

a)

Quetzalcoatl

b)

Velazquez

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Montezuma II

45.
Which of the following was NOT one of the ships that Columbus took on his voyage to the new world?
a)
Nina
b)
Pinta
c)
Senora
d)
Santa Maria
46.
Who was Eric the Red and what land did he discover?
a)
A Viking that discovered Greenland
b)
A Viking that discovered Iceland
c)
A Portuguese explorer that discovered  Greenland
d)
A Portuguese explorer that discovered Iceland
47.

The Viking settlement Vinland was located in what modern day country?

a)

France

b)

Greenland

c)

Canada

d)

United States

48.

How do we know the settlement of Vinland existed?

a)

Lief Ericson's son wrote about it in his book.

b)

Lief Ericson's body is buried there.

c)

There are still Viking ancestors living there.

d)

Archaeologists found Viking remains there that were over 1,000 years old

49.

How did the Spanish Army defeat the mighty Aztec?

a)

Technology of better weapons

b)

Cut off supplies into the empire

c)

Disease made the Aztec sick

d)

Many native allies

50.

Why was Columbus given credit for finding the new world?

a)

He was the first.

b)

He was more well known.

c)

He had journals of his adventures.

d)

He found the Northwest Passage.

51.

While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus' s sailors ready for mutiny?

a)

They saw Native Americans.

b)

They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first.

c)

They didn't think Columbus had a good plan.

d)

They were fighting over gold