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