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Explorers Quiz

Authored by Denise Danielson

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5th Grade

CCSS covered

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Explorers Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were early European explorers looking for?

A northern route to Africa

A western route to Asia

A southern route to Antarctica

An eastern route to Australia

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer wanted to sail to India but landed in the Caribbean in 1492?

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernando de Soto

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Cartier

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Spanish explorer that conquered the Aztecs?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Hernando Cortes

Ponce de Leon

John Cabot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer is credited with leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

Jacques Cartier

Hernando de Soto

Ferdinand Magellan

John Cabot

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who claimed Florida for Spain while searching for the Fountain of Youth?

Ponce de Leon

Hernando Cortes

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Christopher Columbus

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer was the first to reach the Mississippi River?

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernando de Soto

Jacques Cartier

John Cabot

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who discovered the Grand Canyon during his expedition?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Hernando Cortes

Ponce de Leon

Jacques Cartier

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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