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Question Answer % Correct
Which explorer is often credited as being the first person to have circumnavigated the globe? Ferdinand Magellan
88%
Who was one of the first explorers to travel the Silk Road, travel around Asia and visit China? Marco Polo
88%
Why did Christopher Columbus set sails? To find a faster route to Asia
88%
When did Christopher Columbus land for the first time in America? 1492
81%
Which explorer named Florida and became the first governor of Puerto Rico? Juan Ponce De León
73%
America was named after which explorer? Vespucci
73%
Where was Christopher Columbus from? Genova
69%
What was the name of explorer Hudson who sailed the Atlantic Coast, before discovering what would become the Hudson river? Henry
69%
Which English naval captain explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii? James Cook
69%
Who discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498? Vasco da Gama
69%
How many journeys made Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain? 4 journeys
65%
Who conquered the Incas in 1532? Francisco Pizarro
65%
Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521? Hernan Cortes
65%
Who was the first European to land in North America? Leif Ericson
65%
Which nationality was Ferdinand Magellan? Portuguese
65%
Which of the following ships did not belong to Christopher Columbus? San Antonio
65%
Who explored the Siberian Far East and Alaska and claimed it for Russia? Vitus Bering
65%
Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain was killed? Juan Sebastián Elcano
62%
Gordon Laing reached Timbuktu in the early 19th century. Where is it located? in Africa
58%
What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806? Lewis & Clark Expedition
58%
English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to search for "El Dorado". Where did he believe it was located? South America
58%
Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)? Bartolomeu Dias
54%
Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland? Erik the Red
54%
Which continent were David Livingstone and Henry Stanley exploring? Africa
46%
Who led the infamous Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914? Ernest Shackleton
46%
Which explorer settled Quebec in 1608, mapped the St. Lawrence river and created a colony for “New France”? Samuel De Champlain
46%
When did Robert Peary conquest the North Pole? 1909
42%
In 1643, who led the first known European expedition to reach New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands? Abel Tasman
42%
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to ever reach what summit? Mount Everest
42%
Who was the French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania? Jean François La Pérouse
38%
Which explorer led the lost expedition to the Arctic departing in 1845, when all 129 men on board died? John Franklin
38%
Who led the first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole? Roald Amundsen
38%
Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from? Morocco
31%
What was the name of an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days? Nellie Bly
27%
What was the name of an oceanographer, an explorer, and probably the most famous undersea explorer in recent history? Jacques Cousteau
23%
Who first sailed through the Northwest Passage from 1903 to 1906? Roald Amundsen
23%
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