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Voyages of Exploration

Total questions: 3

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1-8.
1.

Who founded Vinland, Helluland, and Markland?

a)

Leif Eriksson

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco da Gama

2.

What did Marco Polo introduce Europeans to?

a)

The Americas

b)

The Cape of Good Hope

c)

The Pacific Ocean

d)

China and Central Asia

3.

Who was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Juan Ponce de León

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

4.

What did Christopher Columbus mistakenly find while searching for a new route to India?

a)

America

b)

The Spice Islands

c)

Australia

d)

South Africa

5.

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

Leif Eriksson

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

6.

Which explorer is credited with giving his name to the Americas?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Juan Ponce de León

7.

Who was the first European to visit Florida?

a)

Juan Ponce de León

b)

Hernán Cortés

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

8.

Which explorer defeated the Tlaxcaltec people?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Juan Ponce de León

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

9.

Who was the first European to sail to India?

a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Vasco da Gama
10.

The passage through the tip of South America is named after who? (The Strait of....)

a)

Magellan

b)

Columbus

c)

Cortes

d)

Vespucci