WorksheetsVoyages of Exploration
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco Da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
Magellan
Convinced Ferdinand and Isabella, rulers of Spain, to fund a voyage across the Atlantic.
Magellan
Vasco Da Gama
Columbus
Cartier
Was the first explorer to circumnavigate (sail around the world)
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Da Gama
Magellan
In 1534 set sail from France heading due west, ultimately claiming land in Gaspe Bay
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Dias
A Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, ultimately ending up in the southwest tip of India.
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Has a Bay named after him and went missing after his crew mutinied against him.
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Set sail from Spain in three ships named Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
Christopher Cartier
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Hudson
Christopher Dias
A Portuguese explorer who sailed along the African coast staking claim to different locations by placing stone markers.
Vasco Da Gama
Jacques Cartier
Bartolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
Started his voyage with over 270 men but only returned with 17.
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Michellin
Magellan
True or False: It was common for fewer than half of the sailors to survive the voyage.
True
False
True or False: Early maps were often very accurate.
True
False
Around the equator many sailors died from:
scurvy
the imaginary line
heat stroke
sharks
Many sailors died from scurvy, which was caused by:
rats
sunburns
mosquitos
lack of fresh fruits and vegetables.
