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