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