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