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7C History - Exploring the Explorers

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Vikings were from:

a)

Present day Russia

b)

Present day North Germany

c)

Present day Normandy, France

d)

Present day Denmark, Norway, Sweden

2.

The Vikings spoke

a)

Viking

b)

Vikingese

c)

Old Norse

d)

Old Swedish

3.

The Viking Age ended at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in

a)

1056 A.D.

b)

1066 A.D.

c)

1066 B.C.

d)

1266 A.D.

4.

The Vikings gave Russia its name, the word Russ meant:

a)

People who dance

b)

People who fight

c)

People who row

d)

People who fish

5.

Hernan Cortes was from

a)

Italy

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

Spain

6.

Cortés present legacy: "he is seen as a villain and a devil because of his greed and cold blooded destruction of Aztec civilization."

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Can't say

7.

Cortés is best known for

a)

Finding a new route to the Americas

b)

A new route to Asia

c)

Conquering Mexico

d)

Conquering North America

8.

Sir Francis Drake first went to sea at

a)

14

b)

16

c)

18

d)

21

9.

Drake is best known for

a)

First European to circumnavigate the globe

b)

Found a new route to the Indies via Cape Horn

c)

Discovered Australia

d)

First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

10.

Sir Francis Drake was a slave trader.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Can't say.

11.

What happened to Amelia Earhart?

a)

disappeared while flying to India.

b)

disappeared on her last voyage - circumnavigating the globe.

c)

disappeared while flying across the Atlantic.

d)

disappeared flying from the East Coast to the West Coast of the USA.

12.

Before disappearing Earhart sent a message to a coast guard ship telling:

a)

She was hungry and needed food

b)

She was low on fuel

c)

She was flying to Guam and to inform her relatives.

d)

The plane's radio had stopped working.