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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) First to the top of Mount Everest
C) Discovering the Hudson River
D) Exploring the South Pacific
E) First to circumnavigate the globe
  • 2. What was the first land that Columbus' and his crew saw in the New World?
A) Florida
B) Massachusetts
C) The island of San Salvador
D) The Island of Cuba
E) Mexico
  • 3. What continent did Columbus think he had reached when he visited the Americas?
A) Australia
B) Antarctica
C) Africa
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) First to circumnavigate the globe
C) Exploring the South Pacific
D) Conquering the Aztec Empire
E) Starting the European exploration of America
  • 6. What was the name of the Aztec capital city that Cortes conquered?
A) Tenochtitlan
B) Chichen Itza
C) Cholula
D) Tulum
E) Palenque
  • 7. What position did Cortes receive after he conquered the Aztecs?
A) Governor of New Spain
B) Captain in the army
C) Mayor of Juarez
D) King of Spain
E) King of the Aztecs
  • 8. What body of water was originally named the Sea of Cortes?
A) Gulf of Mexico
B) Gulf of California
C) Laka Chapala
D) San Juan River
E) Magdalena Bay
  • 9. What is Francisco Pizarro most known for?
A) First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa
B) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
C) Conquering the Inca Empire
D) Exploring the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest
E) Exploring the South Pacific
  • 10. What advantages did Pizarro have over the Inca?
A) guns
B) cannons
C) horses
D) all of the above
E) iron weapons
  • 11. What weakened the Inca and made them easier for Pizarro to conquer?
A) Drought
B) They had recently been attacked by the Aztec
C) Poor diet
D) The hot summer weather
E) Diseases such as smallpox
  • 12. How did Francisco Pizarro die?
A) He was poisoned by one of his soldiers
B) He fell off a cliff in the Andes Mountains
C) He died of old age in Spain
D) He was assassinated by his partner's men
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) Roanoke
C) Puerto Rico
D) Jamaica
E) Cuba
  • 14. What is Juan Ponce de Leon most known for?
A) Conquering the Inca Empire
B) Exploring Florida and searching for the Fountain of Youth
C) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
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) Texas
C) Cuba
D) Florida
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 search for gold
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) Mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic
E) Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
  • 18. What continent did Magellan sail south of at the start of his voyage?
A) South America
B) Antarctica
C) Europe
D) Asia
E) Africa
  • 19. What did Magellan call the Straits of Magellan when he first discovered the passage?
A) All Saints' Channel
B) Anguilla Channel
C) Les Saints Passage
D) Bohai Strait
E) King Charles Straits
  • 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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