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