WorksheetsExplorer Review-2019
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
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?
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Prince Henry
Jacques Cartier
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.
England
France
Spain
Portugal
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.
Cape of Good Hope
Isthmus of Panama
Northwest Passage
Cape of Gibraltar
This explorer from Spain was looking for the "Fountain of Youth" in 1513.
Hernando de Soto
Cabrillo
Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan
How did France become wealthy from the exploration of North America?
Gold and Silver
Fur Trade
Fishing
Sponsoring new colonies
Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world from 1519-1522?
Christopher Columbus
Samuel de Champlain
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
This explorer was the first to sail to the tip of Africa and back to its home country of Portugal.
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias
Prince Henry
This Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi River and explored the Southeast part of the United States looking for gold.
Hernando de Soto
Coronado
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
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.
Hernando de Soto
Coronado
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
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.
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Verrazano
John Cabot
This man started a navigation school in Portugal in the 1400's. This school led to the Age of Exploration.
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
John Cabot
This Spanish conquistador was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1513 for Spain.
Balboa
Magellan
Coronado
Verrazano
This explorer discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River for the country of Spain.
Samuel de Champlain
Magellan
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
What state's name means "Full of Flowers" in Spanish?
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
This Italian explorer sailing for England, claimed land(Newfoundland) and found fishing grounds from 1497-1498. His first name was Giovanni.
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Sir Francis Drake
Which French explorer started a settlement in present day Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
Jacques Cartier
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
This explorer claimed land for the Dutch. He also named a river and a bay after himself.
Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Vasco da Gama
Hernando de Soto
This is the name of the oldest colonial city in the United States.
New York City
St.Augestine
Jamestown
Plymouth
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.
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Verrazano
Cabrillo
As the explorers searched all over the United States for Spain, they found a lot of gold and made it more powerful.
True
False
This explorer sailed for the king and queen of Spain in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Jacques Cartier
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec and took all their riches back to Spain.
Balboa
Pizzaro
Cortes
Columbus
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca in South America for Spain.
Pizzaro
Cortes
Columbus
Balboa
Which of the following is NOT part of the 3 G's?
Gold
God
Guts
Glory
After exploration started, Europe and Africa started receiving plants, animals, diseases, etc. from North/South America and vice versa. This is called.....
Stock Exchange
Colombian Exchange
Eurasia/North America Exchange
Panama Exchange
