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