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- 1. Multiple Choice
This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. He was the first to see it.
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespuci
John Cabot
- 2. Multiple Choice
His crew was the first to successfully sail around the entire world. He died in a battle in the Philippine Islands though.
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
- 3. Multiple Choice
He was a Spanish explorer who claimed land for Spain that is now the state of Florida. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth. He became the first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became part of the United States.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
- 4. Multiple Choice
His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.
John Cabot
Juan Ponce de Leon
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
- 5. Multiple Choice
This man wrote about riches and gold in Asia. He is one of the main reasons so many countries and people wanted to find a route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
- 6. Multiple Choice
He was credited with finding America, but really didn't land in America. Wanted to find the East by sailing West. He was in search of finding Asia.
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
- 7. Multiple Choice
A navigational tool that early explorers used.
Compass
Pencil and Paper
Ipad
Computer
- 8. Multiple Choice
He was trying to find the Northwest Passage but got stuck in the frozen ice and snow. His crew mutinied against him by sending him out on a boat with 8 other crew members and he was never seen again.
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando Cortez
- 9. Multiple Choice
These people were warriors, farmers, and loved telling stories. They discovered Iceland and Greenland.
Vikings
Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
- 10. Multiple Choice
Explorers were trying to find a shortcut to _____________.
Europe
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
- 11. Multiple Choice
The ocean that Christopher Columbus crossed on his voyage.
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
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