Age of Exploration Explorers Scavenger Hunt Review

Who discovered that what Columbus stumbled upon wasn’t India at all, but in fact an entirely new continent?

• Vasco da Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• John Cabot

Who was the first explorer to reach India by sailing around Africa?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer ignored orders by his superiors to find a northeastern route to India and instead tried to find a “Northwest Passage”?

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Henry the Navigator

Who stumbled upon the peninsula of Florida in pursuit of a mysterious “fountain of youth”?

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco da Gama

Which explorer is often remembered for his actions in ending the mighty Aztec Empire?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who played a significant role in the Age of Exploration for Portugal?

• Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

Who is often remembered for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer called the people he saw “Indians” because he thought he was in India?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco Pizarro

Who is responsible for dooming a major South American empire, the Incas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco da Gama

Which explorer discovered Canada for the British Empire?

• John Cabot

• Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci