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Great Explorers and Discoveries

Great Explorers and Discoveries, Study of explorers and discoveries, the explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Aztec Empire in 1519, the destination James Cook reached in 1770, the Portuguese explorer who established a sea route to India in 1498, the year Christopher Columbus first reached the Americas, etc.

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Geography

Middle School

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Geography

Middle School

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Worksheet

  • 1.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Identify the explorer who first circumnavigated the globe, completing the journey in 1522.

    Answer choices

    Christopher Columbus

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Vasco da Gama

    Marco Polo

  • 2.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Determine the year Christopher Columbus first reached the Americas.

    Answer choices

    1453

    1492

    1519

    1415

  • 3.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Specify the Portuguese explorer who established a sea route to India in 1498.

    Answer choices

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Vasco da Gama

    Pedro Álvares Cabral

    António de Abreu

  • 4.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Name the ocean Vasco Núñez de Balboa sighted in 1513 after crossing the Isthmus of Panama.

    Answer choices

    Atlantic Ocean

    Indian Ocean

    Pacific Ocean

    Arctic Ocean

  • 5.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Recognize the explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa, naming it the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.

    Answer choices

    John Cabot

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Henry Hudson

    Francis Drake

  • 6.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Assess which explorer discovered the Mississippi River in 1541 while searching for gold.

    Answer choices

    Hernán Cortés

    Francisco Pizarro

    Hernando de Soto

    Juan Ponce de León

  • 7.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Pinpoint the year when Marco Polo's travels to Asia were first documented in his book.

    Answer choices

    1295

    1324

    1271

    1405

  • 8.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Clarify which English explorer circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580.

    Answer choices

    Francis Drake

    Walter Raleigh

    James Cook

    Henry Hudson

  • 9.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Establish the destination James Cook reached in 1770, charting its eastern coast.

    Answer choices

    South America

    Australia

    Antarctica

    Greenland

  • 10.

    Multiple Choice

    1 pts•30 s

    Confirm the explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Aztec Empire in 1519.

    Answer choices

    Hernán Cortés

    Francisco Pizarro

    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

    Miguel López de Legazpi