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