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