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