Great Explorers and Discoveries

Assessment

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

10 Plays

100 Participants

Worksheet

10 Qs

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