Explorers Test
  • 1. What was Christopher Columbus most known for?
A) First to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the South Pacific
C) First to the top of Mount Everest
D) Starting the European exploration of America
E) Discovering the Hudson River
  • 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) Africa
B) South America
C) Antarctica
D) Asia
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) Exploring the South Pacific
B) Conquering the Aztec Empire
C) First to visit the South Pole
D) First to circumnavigate the globe
E) Starting the European exploration of America
  • 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) Captain in the army
B) Governor of New Spain
C) Mayor of Juarez
D) King of Spain
E) King of the Aztecs
  • 8. What body of water was originally named the Sea of Cortes?
A) Magdalena Bay
B) San Juan River
C) Gulf of Mexico
D) Gulf of California
E) Laka Chapala
  • 9. What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?
A) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
B) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
C) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
D) Conquering the Inca Empire
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 10. What advantages did Pizarro have over the Inca?
A) horses
B) all of the above
C) cannons
D) guns
E) iron weapons
  • 11. What weakened the Inca and made them easier for Pizarro to conquer?
A) The hot summer weather
B) Drought
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 died of old age in Spain
B) He was assassinated by his partner's men
C) He fell off a cliff in the Andes Mountains
D) He was poisoned by one of his soldiers
E) He was killed in a battle against the Inca
  • 13. On what island did Ponce de Leon establish the first Spanish settlement and later become governor?
A) Roanoke
B) Cuba
C) Jamaica
D) Puerto Rico
E) Hispaniola
  • 14. What is Juan Ponce de Leon most known for?
A) Conquering the Inca Empire
B) Exploring the South Pacific
C) Exploring Florida and searching for the Fountain of Youth
D) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
E) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
  • 15. What land did Ponce de Leon discover and name while searching for new islands north of Puerto Rico?
A) Jamaica
B) Florida
C) Texas
D) Cuba
E) Mexico
  • 16. Why did Ponce de Leon return to Florida in 1521?
A) To fight the natives
B) To search for gold
C) To fight the English
D) To map the coastline
E) To establish a Spanish colony
  • 17. What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?
A) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
C) Mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic
D) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 18. What continent did Magellan sail south of at the start of his voyage?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) South America
E) Antarctica
  • 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) Bohai Strait
E) King Charles Straits
  • 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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