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Age of Exploration
What do you know about discoveries of new worlds and trading routes?
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Last updated: February 27, 2021
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1.
Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland?
Roald Amundsen
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Ragnar Lodbrok
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Leif Erikson
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Erik the Red
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Who was the first European to land in North America?
Christopher Columbus
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Leif Ericson
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Who was one of the first explorers to travel the Silk Road, travel around Asia and visit China?
Marco Polo
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Abel Tasman
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Christopher Columbus
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Vasco da Gama
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Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from?
Egypt
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Morocco
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Saudi Arabia
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Algeria
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Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)?
Vasco da Gama
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Christopher Columbus
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Ferdinand Magellan
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6.
Where was Christopher Columbus from?
Barcelona
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Venice
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Lisbon
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Genova
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Why did Christopher Columbus set sails?
To find gold in new lands
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To find a faster route to Asia
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To discover North America
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To find the Northwest Passage
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8.
When did Christopher Columbus land for the first time in America?
1498
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1502
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1492
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1493
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9.
How many journeys made Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain?
2 journeys
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6 journeys
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1 journey
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4 journeys
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10.
Which of the following ships did not belong to Christopher Columbus?
Pinta
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San Antonio
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Santa Maria
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Nina
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11.
Who discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498?
Marco Polo
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James Cook
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Vasco da Gama
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Francis Drake
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12.
America was named after which explorer?
Vespucci
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Cortes
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Pizarro
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Columbus
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13.
Which explorer named Florida and became the first governor of Puerto Rico?
Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Jacques Cartier
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Francisco Pizarro
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Juan Ponce De León
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Which explorer is often credited as being the first person to have circumnavigated the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
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Willem Barentsz
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Christopher Columbus
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John Cabot
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Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain was killed?
Christopher Columbus
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Henry Hudson
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
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James Cook
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16.
Which nationality was Ferdinand Magellan?
Italian
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Spanish
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French
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Portuguese
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17.
Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Amerigo Vespucci
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John Cabot
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Francisco Pizarro
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Hernan Cortes
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18.
Who conquered the Incas in 1532?
Francisco Pizarro
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Christopher Columbus
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Hernan Cortes
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19.
English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to search for "El Dorado". Where did he believe it was located?
South America
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North America
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Africa
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Asia
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20.
What was the name of explorer Hudson who sailed the Atlantic Coast, before discovering what would become the Hudson river?
John
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Christopher
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Henry
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James
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21.
Which explorer settled Quebec in 1608, mapped the St. Lawrence river and created a colony for “New France”?
Samuel De Champlain
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Jean François La Pérouse
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Sir Francis Drake
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In 1643, who led the first known European expedition to reach New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands?
James Cook
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Hernando de Soto
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John Cabot
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Abel Tasman
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23.
Who explored the Siberian Far East and Alaska and claimed it for Russia?
John Cabot
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Leif Ericson
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Abel Tasman
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Vitus Bering
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24.
Which English naval captain explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii?
James Cook
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Robert Peary
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Francis Drake
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Henry Hudson
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25.
Who was the French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania?
Jean François La Pérouse
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Juan Ponce de León
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Jacques Cartier
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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
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26.
Gordon Laing reached Timbuktu in the early 19th century. Where is it located?
in Central America
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in South America
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in Africa
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in Asia
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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
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Smith & Frazier Expedition
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Pond & Thompson Expedition
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Ham & McKenzie Expedition
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28.
Which continent were David Livingstone and Henry Stanley exploring?
Africa
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North America
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Australia
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South America
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29.
Which explorer led the lost expedition to the Arctic departing in 1845, when all 129 men on board died?
James Cook
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Sir Francis Drake
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John Cabot
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John Franklin
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30.
What was the name of an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days?
Billie Bly
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Kelly Bly
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Sally Bly
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Nellie Bly
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31.
Who first sailed through the Northwest Passage from 1903 to 1906?
Roald Amundsen
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Jacques Cartier
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John Cabot
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Francis Drake
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32.
When did Robert Peary conquest the North Pole?
1509
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1809
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1609
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1909
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33.
Who led the first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole?
Robert Scott
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Abel Tasman
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Roald Amundsen
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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34.
Who led the infamous Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914?
Ernest Shackleton
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Sir Francis Drake
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Vitus Bering
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James Cook
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35.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to ever reach what summit?
Kilimanjaro
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Aconcagua
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Mount Everest
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Mount Blanc
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36.
What was the name of an oceanographer, an explorer, and probably the most famous undersea explorer in recent history?
Pedro Álvares Cabral
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Alexander MacKenzie
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Jacques Cousteau
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Jacques Cartier
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