Explorers Quiz

Who was one of the first Europeans to land in the Americas?

• Lief Erikson

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernando de Soto

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer opened a navigation school?

• Prince Henry

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

Who led an expedition to India, but founded the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa instead?

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco de Coronado

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who sailed around the tip of Africa and arrived in Asia?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernan Cortes

Who explored around Florida and landed in Puerto Rico?

• Hernando de Soto

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Who was rumored to look for the Fountain of Youth?

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Who was a Spanish explorer who searched for gold and claimed land in the Southwest for Spain?

• Hernando de Soto

• Vasco de Gama

• Francisco de Coronado

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Who was the conquistador who led an expedition to Mexico to conquer the Aztecs?

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Francisco de Coronado

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

Who was a Spanish explorer who explored the Southwest of the Americas as he searched for gold?

• Vasco de Gama

• Francisco de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Who led the first expedition that sailed around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan