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Explorers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the earth?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Vasco da Gama

2.

Which Conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

Who made 4 trips to the Caribbean?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Christopher Columbus

4.

John Cabot discovered what part of the World?

a)

Bahamas

b)

Virginia

c)

Canada

5.

Who defeated the Inca by cutting off the Emperor's head?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

6.

Who named Florida and looked for the Fountain of Youth?

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Marco Polo

7.

Vasco da Gama was the first to sail around Africa and reach India.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which explorer has a strait, a river, and a bay named after him?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

9.

Henry the Navigator helped explorers by creating the Compass.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which explorer are the Continents of the New World named after?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan