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