EXPLORERS EXAM 2014
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1. _______________________ He found the Mississippi for Spain and slaughtered many Native Americans
along the way.
2. _______________________ This man founded a school and explored future explorers...
He was Portugese, and never actually sailed much himself.
3. _______________________ What King and Queen hired Columbus?
4. _______________________ This Spainiard crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the
Pacific Ocean.
5. _______________________ This man got the new world named after him and sailed as far south as
Argentina.
6. _______________________ Was the first to discover Nova Scotia and eastern France for the English,
though he was from Italy.
7. _______________________ He was the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died in the Phillipines.
8. _______________________ This guy was a great big jerk to the Incas, but got credit for founding Peru.
9. _______________________ A Frenchman, he was the first to find the Mississippi River for the French, and
find the Gulf of Mexico. Named Louisiana for his king.
10. _______________________ This explorer was the first to test the theory that you could reach China by
sailing west... Italian who sailed for Spain.
11. _______________________ This Italian claimed that he had traveled overland to China in the 1300’s.
Marco! ___!
12. _______________________ Died in his own bay after exploring for England. He explored all of
Northern Canada.
13. _______________________ Found the Mississippi River by sailing through Lake Michigan to Green Bay.
It was a trading-missionary expedition.
14. _______________________ The first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope toward India. He was Portugese.
15. _______________________ He was the first to sail around Africa and arrive in India, opening the door
for Europeans looking for spices and gold. He was Portugese.
16. _______________________ What continent were all these explorers from?
17. _______________________ He beat Columbus to North America by almost 500 years.
18. _______________________ This guy’s main motivation was to hurt and steal from the Spanish...
He was Queen Elizabeth’s favorite, and the first English to circumnavigate.
19. _______________________ What religion were the Spanish, Portugese, and Italians?
20. _______________________ This Frenchman sailed down the Saint Lawrence and eventually found Lake
Champlain, Lake Ontario, and Niagra Falls.
21. _______________________ This Spaniard took over Mexico by conquering the Aztec Empire.
Word Bank: Asia, Balboa, Cabot, Catholic, Columbus, Cortez, DaGama, deChamplain, DeSoto,
Dias, Drake, Erickson, Europe, Hudson, Joliet and Marquette, Isabella and Ferdinand, LaSalle,
Magellan, Marco Polo, Nicolet, Pizzaro, Prince Henry, Protestant, Vespucci.
22. _____ What word means to go around the world?
A. Circle
B. Circumnavigate
C. Circlenavigate
D. Circumferanavigate
E. Exfoliate
29. _____ How many voyages did Columbus
make to the New World?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
23 ______ What river was discovered, leading explorers to
the Great Lakes and beyond?
A. Mississippi
B. Rio Grande
C. St. Lawrence
D. Hudson
30. ______ How long ago did the first Native
Americans cross into North America, according
to leading theory?
A. 3000 years ago
B. 30,000 years ago
C. 300,000 years ago
D. 3 million years ago
24. ______ What Indian Nation was killed off by Pizzaro?
A. Aztec
B. Inca
C. Mayan
D. Navajo
25. ______ What was the first European settlement in the
New World called?
A. Aix-Les-Meadows, Newfoundland
B. Port Au Prince, Haiti
C. San Salvador, Bahamas
D. Jamestown, Virginia
26. ______ Of the following, what was NOT a ship
used by Columbus on his first voyage?
A. Nina
B. Pinta
C. Santa Isabella
D. Santa Maria
27. _____ What ocean did the Europeans cross to America?
A. Atlantic
B. Arctic
C. Indian
D. Pacific
28. ______ Of the following, who was never on the
Mississippi River?
A. DeGama
B. DeSoto
C. LaSalle
D. Marquette
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31. _____ The Aztecs were conqeured by who?
A. English
B. French
C. Portugese
D. Spanish
32. ______ From what body of water did Marquette and Joliet enter Wisconsin?
A. Mississippi River
B. St. Lawrence River
C. Green Bay
D. Lake Superior
33. _____ What year did Columbus arrive in the
New World?
A. 1482
B.. 1489
C. 1492
D. 1502
E. 1942
34. _____ What part of Canada was settled by
the French?
A. Newfoundland
B. Nova Scotia
C. Ontario
D. Quebec
35. ______ Who was the biggest inspiration to
Columbus and his generation of explorers?
A. Marco Polo
B. Ibn Battuta
C. Genghis Khan
D. King Ferdinand
36. On this map, draw a bold line showing the route Columbus took on his first voyage. º º º º º º
37. On this map, show the possible route that Leif Erickson took to
discover Vinland.
º º º º
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B
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C
Identify the routes of the explorers from
the map above. There is a word bank under the answer grid and a clue word.
A
38-A. ______________________
South America
39-B. ______________________
B
India
40-C. ______________________
Cape of Good Hope
41-D. ______________________
Circumnavigated
c
42-E. ______________________
San Salvador
43-F. ______________________
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
What European country controlled the land labeled....
44-A: ________________________________________________
Balboa, Cabot, Columbus, Coronado,
DeGama, Dias, Erickson, Hudson,
45-B. _________________________________________________
LaSalle, Magellan, Vespucci. Not all will
be used.
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46-C. _________________________________________________
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1. DeSoto
2. Prince Henry
3. Isabella and Ferdinand
4. Balboa
5. Vespucci
6. Cabot
7. Magellan
8. Pizarro
9. LaSalle
10. Columbus
11. Marco polo
12. Hudson
13. Joliet and Marquette
14. Diaz
15. DaGama
16. Europe
17. Erickson
18. Drake
19. Catholic
20. deChamplain
21. Cortez
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22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. C
27. A
28. A
38. Vespucci
29. D
30. B
31. D
32. C
33. C
34. D
35. A
42. Colombus
39. DeGama
40. Dias
41. Magellan
key
43. Cabot
44. England
45. France
46. Spain