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