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Explorers and Adventurers

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Marco Polo was from ______________, Italy.

a)

Madrid

b)

Rome

c)

Venice

d)

Florence

2.

Mongol ruler that conquered all of China pictured?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Yong Le

d)

Zhu

3.

Ming means?

a)

beautiful

b)

brilliant

c)

bright

d)

bold

4.

What is exploration about? (3 answers)

a)

It is discovering new places and people.

b)

It is learning new things about the world.

c)

It is about famous people.

d)

It is gaining new knowledge about our world.

5.

Which are names of oceans found on our planet? (more than 1)

a)

Southern

b)

Atlantic

c)

Pacific

d)

Mediterranean

e)

Indian

6.

Our planet is mostly covered by...

a)

Land

b)

Water

c)

Mountains

d)

Humans

7.

Write the 4 cardinal directions shown on a compass rose:

(a)  

8.

What are the coordinates for the school?

(a)  

9.

Who were the "conquistadors?"

a)

catholic missionaries

b)

Spanish explorers

c)

Aztec rulers

d)

French adventurers

10.
Leif Eriksson was a ________ explorer.
a)
Spanish
b)
English
c)
French
d)
Viking
11.
Identify the explorer. Settled for a short time in North America and named it Vinland.
a)
Eriksson
b)
Columbus
c)
Magellan
d)
De Soto
12.

I wrote a book about the riches that I found in China.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Hernando Cortes

13.

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Pedro Cabral

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Hernando Cortes

14.

How many main compass points are there?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

4

d)

1

15.
A cartographer:
a)
Builds ships
b)
Calculates distance
c)
Creates maps
d)
Navigates the seas
16.
In order to calculate time, an early sailor determined the location of the ship at:
a)
Sunrise
b)
Midnight
c)
Noon
d)
Sunset
17.
The Magnetic Compass was invented by the:
a)
Vikings
b)
Polynesians
c)
Chinese
d)
Arabs
18.
Amelia is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. 
a)
false
b)
true
19.

A triangular landform where a river empties into another body of water.

a)

Landform

b)

Canyon

c)

Delta

d)

Valley

20.

What is smaller? A lake or a pond?

a)

lake

b)

pond

21.

Where does all the water eventually end up?

a)

my pool

b)

the ocean

c)

a lake

d)

a pond