Humanities

Who is an Explorer?

Why did people in the past go on expeditions?

Who is your favorite early explorer? Find out all the countries he or she visited.

Which of these explorers was the first European man to chart a route from Portugal to India?

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Mungo Park

Which of these explorers was the first European man to chart the course of the Niger River?

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Mungo Park

Which European thought he had landed in China, when in fact he had discovered America?

• Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartholomew Diaz

Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Battuta was born in what year?

• 1300

• 1301

• 1302

• 1303

The largest ship given to Christopher Columbus by the King of Portugal was named ____________________

• Santa Maria

• Pinta

• Nina

• All of the above

Vasco da Gama was born in _______________ in Portugal.

• 1460

• 1461

• 1462

• 1463

Which of these explorers was America named after?

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Diaz