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Explorers Reward Quiz!

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Yuri Gagarin famous for?

a)

Being the first person to explore the bottom of the ocean

b)

Being the first person to explore Mammoth Cave

c)

Being the first person to go into outer space

d)

Being the first person to discover California

2.

Where did Sacagawea's expedition begin?

a)

California

b)

North Dakota

c)

Spain

d)

Las Vegas

3.

Who is the father of Leif Erickson?

a)

Erik the Red

b)

Erik the Blue

c)

Father Erickson

d)

Father Junipero Serra

4.

Which country is Samuel de Champlain from?

a)

Spain

b)

USA

c)

New Zealand

d)

France

5.

Who was looking for a shorter path to China?

a)

Erick the Red

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Yuri Gagarin

6.

Which mountain did Edmund Hillary climb?

a)

Mount McKinley

b)

Mount Olympus

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Mount Whitney

7.

Who became the governor of India?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Mahatma Ghandi

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Ms. Killeen

8.

Which explorer migrated to Australia?

a)

Ernest Giles

b)

Juan Cabrillo

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Amelia Earhart

9.

Who was the first explorer to go through the Panama Canal?

a)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Junipero Serra

10.

Which country is James Cook from?

a)

Australia

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Spain

11.

Who was the first European to come to North America?

a)

Columbus

b)

Juan Cabrillo

c)

Leif Erickson

d)

Erik the Red

12.

Who conquered the Aztec empire?

a)

Father Serra

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Juan Cabrillo

d)

The Mayans

13.

Who was the first European to explore Florida

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Ferdinand de Florida

c)

John Lion

d)

Captain Swain

14.

Where did Jacque Cousteau explore?

a)

Spain

b)

space

c)

The rainforest

d)

Under the sea

15.

What year was Henry Hudson born?

a)

1650

b)

1560

c)

1156

d)

1999

16.

Who was the first African American to explore the Arctic?

a)

Shawn Washington

b)

Sacajawea

c)

Matthew Henson

d)

Henry Hudson

17.

Where did Christopher Columbus come from?

a)

Italy

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

California

18.

Which country did Daniel Boone explore?

a)

Canada

b)

USA

c)

Spain

d)

Jamaica

19.

Who was the first person to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean? (Hint: The San Diego airport is named after him.)

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Lewis

d)

Leif Erickson

20.

Who did Sacagawea lead to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Lewis & Clark

d)

Lewis & Clark & Elmo

21.

Where did Magellan sail?

a)

Around the world

b)

From West to East

c)

Across the Atlantic Ocean

d)

To California

22.

Who was the first person to explore the South Pole?

a)

Santa

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Roald Amundsen

23.

Where was this quote said? "One small step for man, one giant step for mankind."

a)

On the moon

b)

Under the ocean

c)

On mars

d)

On the Golden Gate Bridge