Explorers Quiz

Who is famous for leading the first European explorations to Florida?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de León

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer claimed the land that is now Canada for France?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de León

• Jacques Cartier

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate, or sail around, the world?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Which explorer led to the fall of the Inca Empire?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Who explored what is now the southwestern United States?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Which explorer hoped to find the Fountain of Youth?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de León

• Jacques Cartier

Who sailed through a strait in South America to the Pacific Ocean?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Who founded the first Spanish settlement in modern-day Peru?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Who renamed the area Mexico and governed it for Spain?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Who explored North America since the Vikings explored hundreds of years earlier?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de León

• Jacques Cartier