Explorers Quiz

Which explorer was funded by Spain but grew up in Italy?

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

Who sailed to present-day Panama in Central America and became the first European to reach the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

Which explorer led an expedition in North America in what is now the Southeastern U.S.?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• John Cabot

Who was good at convincing leaders to fund his travels and went to the New World on four separate trips?

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

Who sailed up the Hudson River in present-day New York?

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

Who sailed over 1000 miles along the St. Lawrence River in Canada and named the area 'Kanata'?

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer's crew mutinied and kicked him off the boat, and he was never heard from again?

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

Who was the explorer that claimed Florida for Spain?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Juan Ponce de Leon