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Explorers Test
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  • 1. What was Christopher Columbus most known for?
A) Discovering the Hudson River
B) Exploring the South Pacific
C) First to circumnavigate the globe
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) Massachusetts
B) The island of San Salvador
C) Florida
D) Mexico
E) The Island of Cuba
  • 3. What continent did Columbus think he had reached when he visited the Americas?
A) Australia
B) Antarctica
C) South America
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) False
B) True
  • 5. What is Hernan Cortes most known for?
A) First to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the South Pacific
C) Starting the European exploration of America
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) Tenochtitlan
B) Chichen Itza
C) Tulum
D) Cholula
E) Palenque
  • 7. What position did Cortes receive after he conquered the Aztecs?
A) King of Spain
B) Mayor of Juarez
C) Captain in the army
D) Governor of New 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 California
D) Laka Chapala
E) Gulf of Mexico
  • 9. What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?
A) Conquering the Inca Empire
B) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
C) Exploring the South Pacific
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) cannons
B) iron weapons
C) guns
D) horses
E) all of the above
  • 11. What weakened the Inca and made them easier for Pizarro to conquer?
A) Poor diet
B) The hot summer weather
C) Drought
D) Diseases such as smallpox
E) They had recently been attacked by the Aztec
  • 12. How did Francisco Pizarro die?
A) He was killed in a battle against the Inca
B) He was poisoned by one of his soldiers
C) He was assassinated by his partner's men
D) He fell off a cliff in the Andes Mountains
E) He died of old age in Spain
  • 13. On what island did Ponce de Leon establish the first Spanish settlement and later become governor?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Roanoke
C) Jamaica
D) Cuba
E) Hispaniola
  • 14. What is Juan Ponce de Leon most known for?
A) Conquering the Inca Empire
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) 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) Mexico
C) Florida
D) Texas
E) Cuba
  • 16. Why did Ponce de Leon return to Florida in 1521?
A) To fight the natives
B) To establish a Spanish colony
C) To fight the English
D) To search for gold
E) To map the coastline
  • 17. What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?
A) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
B) Exploring the South Pacific
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 Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
  • 18. What continent did Magellan sail south of at the start of his voyage?
A) South America
B) Europe
C) Asia
D) Antarctica
E) Africa
  • 19. What did Magellan call the Straits of Magellan when he first discovered the passage?
A) King Charles Straits
B) All Saints' Channel
C) Bohai Strait
D) Les Saints Passage
E) Anguilla Channel
  • 20. How did Magellan die?
A) He died of malaria while exploring Australia
B) He was killed by local tribes in the Philippine Islands
C) His ship sunk somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
D) He was killed by pirates in the Indian Ocean
E) He died of old age in Spain
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