Who is credited with reaching the Americas in 1492 (sailing for Spain)?
A.Christopher Columbus
World Explorers & Discoveries
Test your knowledge of explorers, voyages, and the Age of Discovery.
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Which explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
C.Ferdinand Magellan (crew completed after his death)
Who traveled from Venice to China along the Silk Road in the 13th century?
A.Marco Polo
Which continent is named after Amerigo Vespucci?
A.America
Who was the first European to reach India by sea (around Africa)?
A.Vasco da Gama
Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?
D.Spain
Who led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean (the "South Sea")?
A.Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Which explorer claimed the Mississippi River valley for France?
C.René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Who discovered the sea route from Europe to India in 1498?
A.Vasco da Gama
Which explorer is associated with the Hudson River and Hudson Bay?
A.Henry Hudson
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire?
D.Hernán Cortés
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?
D.Francisco Pizarro
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
C.Bartolomeu Dias
Who explored the St. Lawrence River and claimed Canada for France?
C.Jacques Cartier
Which British explorer made three voyages to the Pacific and mapped New Zealand and Australia?
D.James Cook
In what year did Vasco da Gama reach India?
C.1498
Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
D.Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Which explorer searched for the Northwest Passage and died in the Arctic?
A.Henry Hudson
Who led the first European expedition to reach the Hawaiian Islands?
D.James Cook
Which explorer sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
B.Bartolomeu Dias
Who founded Quebec City in 1608?
D.Samuel de Champlain
Which English explorer circumnavigated the globe and raided Spanish ships?
B.Francis Drake
Who was the first European to reach Japan (in 1543)?
A.Portuguese traders (e.g. Fernão Mendes Pinto)
Which explorer discovered Newfoundland while sailing for England?
D.John Cabot
In what year did Magellan's expedition begin its voyage to circumnavigate the globe?
A.1519