Famous Expeditions

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Instructions: Historic expeditions and journeys of discovery

1.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) was commissioned by which U.S. president?
A
John Adams
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
James Madison
D
George Washington
2.
Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in December 1911?
A
Ernest Shackleton
B
Roald Amundsen
C
Robert Falcon Scott
D
Douglas Mawson
3.
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition (1519-1522) is famous for being the first to do what?
A
Circumnavigate the globe
B
Cross the Atlantic
C
Discover Australia
D
Reach the North Pole
4.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in which year?
A
1955
B
1953
C
1951
D
1949
5.
Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 expedition aboard which ship became one of history's greatest survival stories?
A
Nimrod
B
Discovery
C
Endurance
D
Terra Nova
6.
Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage was financed by the monarchs of which country?
A
Spain
B
Portugal
C
England
D
Italy
7.
The expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark aimed to find a water route to which ocean?
A
Atlantic
B
Indian
C
Pacific
D
Arctic
8.
Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea, arriving in 1498?
A
Bartholomew Diaz
B
Amerigo Vespucci
C
Vasco da Gama
D
Henry the Navigator
9.
The famous 1911 'Race to the South Pole' was between Roald Amundsen and which British explorer?
A
Ernest Shackleton
B
Robert Falcon Scott
C
Francis Drake
D
James Cook
10.
Jacques Cousteau co-developed the Aqua-Lung and became famous for his expeditions exploring what?
A
Arctic tundra
B
The oceans
C
Desert caves
D
Mountain peaks
11.
The Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, led by Thor Heyerdahl, crossed which ocean on a wooden raft?
A
Pacific
B
Atlantic
C
Indian
D
Arctic
12.
David Livingstone, the famous Scottish explorer, spent much of his career exploring which continent?
A
South America
B
Asia
C
Africa
D
Australia
13.
Robert Peary claimed to be the first person to reach which geographic point in 1909?
A
South Pole
B
Summit of K2
C
North Pole
D
Source of the Nile
14.
The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the ocean, was first reached by Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in which vessel?
A
Nautilus
B
Alvin
C
Deepsea Challenger
D
Trieste
15.
Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman, served as a guide and interpreter for which famous expedition?
A
Lewis and Clark expedition
B
Coronado's expedition
C
Frémont's expedition
D
Pike's expedition

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