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WorksheetsJames Cook
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
What nationality was James Cook?
British
American
Australian
Hawaiian
What year was James Cook born?
1981
1543
1728
1883
What was James Cook’s first job?
McDonalds
Blacksmith
Carpenter
Seaman Apprentice
James Cook's father was a...
Butcher
Baker
Candlestick Maker
Farmer
How old was James Cook when he joined the British Navy?
33
12
21
55
What was one of the places that James Cook drew charts for?
Ireland
Brazil
Swaziland
Newfoundland
What appointment was given to James Cook in 1768?
First Lieutenant, commander of the HMS Endeavour
Rear Admiral, captain of the HMS Beagle
Captain of the Starship Enterprise
Commander of the HMAS Sydney
Where did Cook’s voyage on the Endeavour take him and why?
West via the Atlantic Ocean to scout a sea route to India and China
Tahiti to see the transit of Venus, then south to a possible Terra Australis.
Mauritius to rescue the last Dodo before it went extinct
To Hawaii to bring back a shipment of bananas.
What was Captain James Cook most known for?
Exploring the South Pacific
Starting the European exploration of America
First to the top of Mount Everest
First to circumnavigate the globe
First to visit the South Pole
How did Captain James Cook die?
His ship sunk somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
In his bed at home from pneumonia
He was killed by natives on the Hawaiian Islands
He died of malaria while exploring Australia
He was bitten by a poisonous snake
Captain Cook's first voyage lasted...
30 years
3 months
300 days
3 years
The botanist on the Endeavour voyage was Joseph....
Bunks
Banks
Spanx
Thanks
The Endeavour ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. How long did it take to fix the ship?
3 days
3 weeks
3 months
3 years
Cook added a new crew member in Tahiti. He was a....
Baker
Priest
Doctor
Pirate
Cook discovered that New Zealand
Had two islands
Was part of New Holland
Had funny birds
Was covered in ice
The "Transit of Venus" is when
Venus catches a train to work
The god Venus travels somewhere
The planet Venus is between the Sun and Earth
Venus comes close enough to Earth that we can see aliens
While the Endeavour was anchored in Endeavour River, Captain Cook saw his first:
Barramundi
Kiwi
Kangaroo
Kookaburra
What is the name of this food that James Cook made his crew eat to stop them getting scurvy?
Sauerkraut
Sour Cat
Scurvycoat
Sinkergrout
James Cook was a talented...
surveyor, navigator and astronomer.
singer, songwriter and guitarist.
actor, dancer and public speaker.
magician, illusionist and escapologist.
Despite meeting with indigenous people, Cook declared Australia to be an uninhabited land, or ...
Terra Nullius
Terra Firma
Terra Del Fuego
Terra Cotta
Although we call him Captain Cook, on the Endeavour voyage his rank was actually ...
First Lieutenant
Rear Admiral
First Mate
Able Seaman
Cook's birthplace of Marton is a town in....
Yorkshire, England
Porkshire, England
Corkshire, England
Dorkshire, England
The Endeavour voyage started with a crew of nearly (a) men.
James Cook left his family and became a seaman apprentice when he was (a) .
The Endeavour voyage first landed in Australia at a place that Cook named Stingray Bay. The place is now called _____ Bay
Botany
Boaty
e
Boggy
