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Explorer Review-2019

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During a history class, Oliver and Samuel were having a discussion. They were trying to remember the name of the explorer after whom North and South America were named. Aiden, who was listening to their conversation, suggested four names. Can you help them identify the correct one?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Jacques Cartier

2.

This country was the first to really start exploring to find a faster route to Asia. It also started a navigation school and was the first to actually sail from Europe to Asia.

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

3.

What was the name of the imaginary route that France, England and the Dutch were looking for in order to find a faster way to Asia.

a)

Cape of Good Hope

b)

Isthmus of Panama

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Cape of Gibraltar

4.

This explorer from Spain was looking for the "Fountain of Youth" in 1513.

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Cabrillo

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

5.

How did France become wealthy from the exploration of North America?

a)

Gold and Silver

b)

Fur Trade

c)

Fishing

d)

Sponsoring new colonies

6.

Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world from 1519-1522?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

7.

This explorer was the first to sail to the tip of Africa and back to its home country of Portugal.

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Prince Henry

8.

This Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi River and explored the Southeast part of the United States looking for gold.

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Coronado

c)

John Cabot

d)

Jacques Cartier

9.

He was looking for the 7 Cities of Gold and ended up discovering the Grand Canyon. He explored the Southwest part of the United States for Spain.

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Coronado

c)

John Cabot

d)

Christopher Columbus

10.

This explorer from Portugal was the first to sail around the tip of Africa and make it Asia. This was the beginning of the Age of Exploration.

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Verrazano

d)

John Cabot

11.

This man started a navigation school in Portugal in the 1400's. This school led to the Age of Exploration.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

John Cabot

12.

This Spanish conquistador was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1513 for Spain.

a)

Balboa

b)

Magellan

c)

Coronado

d)

Verrazano

13.

This explorer discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River for the country of Spain.

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Magellan

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

John Cabot

14.

What state's name means "Full of Flowers" in Spanish?

a)

Georgia

b)

Alabama

c)

Florida

d)

Mississippi

15.

This Italian explorer sailing for England, claimed land(Newfoundland) and found fishing grounds from 1497-1498. His first name was Giovanni.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Sir Francis Drake

16.

Which French explorer started a settlement in present day Quebec?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Vasco da Gama

17.

This explorer claimed land for the Dutch. He also named a river and a bay after himself.

a)

Verrazano

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Hernando de Soto

18.

This is the name of the oldest colonial city in the United States.

a)

New York City

b)

St.Augestine

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

19.

This French explorer was the first to sail into N.Y. Harbor. He also sailed up the east coast of the United States. His maps were eventually used by many explorers. He has a bridge named after him in New York City.

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Verrazano

d)

Cabrillo

20.

As the explorers searched all over the United States for Spain, they found a lot of gold and made it more powerful.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

This explorer sailed for the king and queen of Spain in 1492.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Jacques Cartier

22.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec and took all their riches back to Spain.

a)

Balboa

b)

Pizzaro

c)

Cortes

d)

Columbus

23.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca in South America for Spain.

a)

Pizzaro

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Balboa

24.

Which of the following is NOT part of the 3 G's?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Guts

d)

Glory

25.

After exploration started, Europe and Africa started receiving plants, animals, diseases, etc. from North/South America and vice versa. This is called.....

a)

Stock Exchange

b)

Colombian Exchange

c)

Eurasia/North America Exchange

d)

Panama Exchange