Explorers Test
  • 1. What was Christopher Columbus most known for?
A) Discovering the Hudson River
B) First to circumnavigate the globe
C) First to the top of Mount Everest
D) Exploring the South Pacific
E) Starting the European exploration of America
  • 2. What was the first land that Columbus' and his crew saw in the New World?
A) Massachusetts
B) Mexico
C) The island of San Salvador
D) The Island of Cuba
E) Florida
  • 3. What continent did Columbus think he had reached when he visited the Americas?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Antarctica
D) Australia
E) South America
  • 4. True or False: Columbus was the first person to set foot on land in either of the American continents?
A) True
B) False
  • 5. What is Hernan Cortes most known for?
A) Starting the European exploration of America
B) Conquering the Aztec Empire
C) Exploring the South Pacific
D) First to circumnavigate the globe
E) First to visit the South Pole
  • 6. What was the name of the Aztec capital city that Cortes conquered?
A) Palenque
B) Tulum
C) Tenochtitlan
D) Chichen Itza
E) Cholula
  • 7. What position did Cortes receive after he conquered the Aztecs?
A) Governor of New Spain
B) Captain in the army
C) King of Spain
D) King of the Aztecs
E) Mayor of Juarez
  • 8. What body of water was originally named the Sea of Cortes?
A) Magdalena Bay
B) Gulf of California
C) Laka Chapala
D) San Juan River
E) Gulf of Mexico
  • 9. What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
C) Conquering the Inca Empire
D) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 10. What advantages did Pizarro have over the Inca?
A) horses
B) cannons
C) guns
D) iron weapons
E) all of the above
  • 11. What weakened the Inca and made them easier for Pizarro to conquer?
A) The hot summer weather
B) They had recently been attacked by the Aztec
C) Diseases such as smallpox
D) Poor diet
E) Drought
  • 12. How did Francisco Pizarro die?
A) He was killed in a battle against the Inca
B) He was poisoned by one of his soldiers
C) He was assassinated by his partner's men
D) He died of old age in Spain
E) He fell off a cliff in the Andes Mountains
  • 13. On what island did Ponce de Leon establish the first Spanish settlement and later become governor?
A) Roanoke
B) Cuba
C) Jamaica
D) Hispaniola
E) Puerto Rico
  • 14. What is Juan Ponce de Leon most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) Exploring Florida and searching for the Fountain of Youth
C) Conquering the Inca Empire
D) Exploring the South Pacific
E) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
  • 15. What land did Ponce de Leon discover and name while searching for new islands north of Puerto Rico?
A) Mexico
B) Texas
C) Florida
D) Jamaica
E) Cuba
  • 16. Why did Ponce de Leon return to Florida in 1521?
A) To establish a Spanish colony
B) To fight the natives
C) To map the coastline
D) To search for gold
E) To fight the English
  • 17. What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?
A) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
C) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
D) Mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 18. What continent did Magellan sail south of at the start of his voyage?
A) Antarctica
B) Asia
C) Europe
D) South America
E) Africa
  • 19. What did Magellan call the Straits of Magellan when he first discovered the passage?
A) All Saints' Channel
B) King Charles Straits
C) Anguilla Channel
D) Les Saints Passage
E) Bohai Strait
  • 20. How did Magellan die?
A) He died of malaria while exploring Australia
B) He was killed by pirates in the Indian Ocean
C) His ship sunk somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
D) He died of old age in Spain
E) He was killed by local tribes in the Philippine Islands
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