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European Explorers

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who represented ______ and was first to discover America.

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

2.

Which explorer was searching for a trade route to India and discovered America?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Samuel de Champlain

3.

Which explorer is known for finding a trade route across the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Vasco Nunez De Balboa

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

4.

Fill in the blank: Francisco Pizarro represented ______ and was known for conquering the Inca Empire.

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

England

5.

Fill in the blank: Samuel de Champlain made between 21 and 29 trips across the ______ Ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

6.

Which explorer fought against the Spanish and was known for being the first English explorer to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Juan Ponce de León

d)

Francisco Pizarro

7.

Who was the explorer that first discovered Florida?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Juan Ponce de León

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Samuel de Champlain

8.

Fill in the blank: Sir Francis Drake's expedition between 1577 and 1580 was the first English ______.

a)

exploration

b)

circumnavigation

c)

colonization

d)

trade mission

9.

Which explorer was known for founding New France and Quebec, as well as a lake named after him?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

10.

Fill in the blank: Christopher Columbus was searching for a trade route to ______.

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Australia

11.

Who was the explorer that represented Spain and conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Juan Ponce de León

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Jacques Cartier

12.

Which explorer was known for his search for the Fountain of Youth?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Juan Ponce de León

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

13.

Fill in the blank: Samuel de Champlain founded ______.

a)

New York

b)

Quebec

c)

Boston

d)

Montreal

14.

Fill in the blank: Francisco Pizarro was known for conquering the ______ Empire.

a)

A) Aztec

b)

B) Inca

c)

C) Mayan

d)

D) Roman

15.

Which Spanish explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean and parts of Central America?

a)

Hernando De Soto

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Vasco da Gama

16.

Hernando De Soto was a Spanish explorer who crossed the ________ River.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile

d)

Yangtze

17.

Which explorer looked for a Northwest passage to Asia through the North Pole?

a)

Lewis and Clark

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

18.

Who led the exploration of the west expansion of the USA, land which was purchased from the French?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

John Cabot

19.

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who sailed for ________.

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

France

20.

Who was the first European to reach India by sea?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando De Soto

d)

Henry Hudson

21.

The 3 G's are...

a)

god, glory, and greed

b)

gold, god, and gorillas

c)

god, glory, and gold

d)

gold, glory, grapes

22.

Amerigo Vespucci is well known for...

a)

America being named after him

b)

finding the fountain of youth

c)

finding the new world

d)

conquering the Inca