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Age of Exploration - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 171 times
166 since last reset
- The average score is 21 of 36
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which explorer is often credited as being the first person to have circumnavigated the globe? | Ferdinand Magellan | 88%
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| Who was one of the first explorers to travel the Silk Road, travel around Asia and visit China? | Marco Polo | 88%
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| Why did Christopher Columbus set sails? | To find a faster route to Asia | 88%
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| When did Christopher Columbus land for the first time in America? | 1492 | 81%
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| Which explorer named Florida and became the first governor of Puerto Rico? | Juan Ponce De León | 73%
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| America was named after which explorer? | Vespucci | 73%
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| Where was Christopher Columbus from? | Genova | 69%
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| What was the name of explorer Hudson who sailed the Atlantic Coast, before discovering what would become the Hudson river? | Henry | 69%
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| Which English naval captain explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii? | James Cook | 69%
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| Who discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498? | Vasco da Gama | 69%
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| How many journeys made Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain? | 4 journeys | 65%
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| Who conquered the Incas in 1532? | Francisco Pizarro | 65%
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| Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521? | Hernan Cortes | 65%
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| Who was the first European to land in North America? | Leif Ericson | 65%
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| Which nationality was Ferdinand Magellan? | Portuguese | 65%
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| Which of the following ships did not belong to Christopher Columbus? | San Antonio | 65%
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| Who explored the Siberian Far East and Alaska and claimed it for Russia? | Vitus Bering | 65%
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| Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain was killed? | Juan Sebastián Elcano | 62%
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| Gordon Laing reached Timbuktu in the early 19th century. Where is it located? | in Africa | 58%
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| 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%
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| English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to search for "El Dorado". Where did he believe it was located? | South America | 58%
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| Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)? | Bartolomeu Dias | 54%
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| Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland? | Erik the Red | 54%
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| Which continent were David Livingstone and Henry Stanley exploring? | Africa | 46%
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| Who led the infamous Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914? | Ernest Shackleton | 46%
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| Which explorer settled Quebec in 1608, mapped the St. Lawrence river and created a colony for “New France”? | Samuel De Champlain | 46%
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| When did Robert Peary conquest the North Pole? | 1909 | 42%
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| In 1643, who led the first known European expedition to reach New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands? | Abel Tasman | 42%
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| Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to ever reach what summit? | Mount Everest | 42%
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| Who was the French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania? | Jean François La Pérouse | 38%
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| Which explorer led the lost expedition to the Arctic departing in 1845, when all 129 men on board died? | John Franklin | 38%
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| Who led the first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole? | Roald Amundsen | 38%
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| Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from? | Morocco | 31%
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| 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%
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| What was the name of an oceanographer, an explorer, and probably the most famous undersea explorer in recent history? | Jacques Cousteau | 23%
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| Who first sailed through the Northwest Passage from 1903 to 1906? | Roald Amundsen | 23%
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