Explorers and Their Voyages

Which explorer first sailed around the southern tip of Africa, reaching the Cape of Good Hope?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

In what year did Christopher Columbus first sail across the Atlantic Ocean?

• 1488

• 1492

• 1497

• 1501

Which explorer's voyages led to the realization that the land discovered was a new continent and not Asia?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Giovanni Caboto

• Hernando Cortes

• Leif Erikson

Who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizarro

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

• Hernando Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartholomeu Dias

Prince Henry of Portugal founded a school for _______________________________.

• navigation

• art

• music

• literature

Giovanni Caboto explored ____________________________ in 1497.

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

• Australia

Who was the Norse explorer that reached North America in the year 1021?

• Leif Erikson

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach __________________________ by sea, opening a new trade route for Portugal.

• India

• China

• Japan

• Australia

What is the significance of Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Inca Empire?

• It led to the discovery of Australia.

• It marked the end of the Inca Empire.

• It started the French Revolution.

• It led to the invention of the compass.