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WorksheetsVoyages of Exploration
Total questions: 3
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who founded Vinland, Helluland, and Markland?
Leif Eriksson
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
What did Marco Polo introduce Europeans to?
The Americas
The Cape of Good Hope
The Pacific Ocean
China and Central Asia
Who was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa?
Ferdinand Magellan
Juan Ponce de León
Amerigo Vespucci
Bartolomeu Dias
What did Christopher Columbus mistakenly find while searching for a new route to India?
America
The Spice Islands
Australia
South Africa
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
Leif Eriksson
Vasco da Gama
Hernán Cortés
Ferdinand Magellan
Which explorer is credited with giving his name to the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
Juan Ponce de León
Who was the first European to visit Florida?
Juan Ponce de León
Hernán Cortés
Leif Eriksson
Amerigo Vespucci
Which explorer defeated the Tlaxcaltec people?
Vasco da Gama
Juan Ponce de León
Hernán Cortés
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the first European to sail to India?
The passage through the tip of South America is named after who? (The Strait of....)
Magellan
Columbus
Cortes
Vespucci
