Explorers and Conquistadors

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando De Soto
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gamma

Who explored the Southeastern part of the United States and Mississippi River?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernano Desoto
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gamma

An Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and landed in the Caribbean islands when looking for a route to Asia.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando Desoto
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco De Gamma

Who was a famous Viking explorer we covered?

• Vasco De Nunez Balboa
• Hernando Desoto
• Leif Erickson
• Vasco De Gamma

A Portuguese explorer who found an Atlantic-Pacific passage.

• Vasco De Nunez Balboa
• Hernando Desoto
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was a conquistador who sailed to Mexico with many soldiers?

• Hernando Cortes
• Hernando Desoto
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Fransisco Pizzaro is known for what?

• Defeating the Incas in modern day Peru
• Defeating the Aztecs in modern day Peru
• Defeating the Aztecs in modern day Portugal
• Portuguese waffle making

Explorer who made two trips to the new lands and declared that it was not Asia but a New World.

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vaspucci
• American Vespucci
• John Cabot

An Aztec leader tried to convince this person to leave.

• Moctezuma
• Marco Polo
• Lewis & Clarke
• John Cabot

Christopher Columbus sailed on what boats?

• Pinto bean,santa Maria, Mansa
• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
• Marian, Santa Clause, Poncho
• Nina, Pinta, Sonto marina