Famous Explorers Recall
Instructions: How many of history's greatest explorers can you remember?
- 1.
Who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe?
AFrancis DrakeBFerdinand MagellanCVasco da GamaDChristopher Columbus - 2.
Which explorer is credited with 'discovering' the Americas in 1492?
ALeif EriksonBAmerigo VespucciCChristopher ColumbusDJohn Cabot - 3.
Which Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea?
AVasco da GamaBPedro Alvares CabralCPrince Henry the NavigatorDBartolomeu Dias - 4.
Who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition across North America?
AMeriwether Lewis and William ClarkBJohn Frémont and Kit CarsonCZebulon Pike and Stephen LongDDaniel Boone and Davy Crockett - 5.
Which explorer first reached the South Pole in December 1911?
ADouglas MawsonBRoald AmundsenCErnest ShackletonDRobert Falcon Scott - 6.
Which Viking explorer is believed to have reached North America around 1000 AD?
AErik the RedBLeif EriksonCRagnar LothbrokDBjorn Ironside - 7.
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?
AJuan Ponce de LeónBFrancisco PizarroCHernando de SotoDHernán Cortés - 8.
Which explorer mapped much of the African interior and was found by journalist Henry Morton Stanley?
ARichard BurtonBMungo ParkCJohn Hanning SpekeDDavid Livingstone - 9.
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire in Peru?
AVasco Núñez de BalboaBHernán CortésCFrancisco PizarroDDiego de Almagro - 10.
Which English explorer claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770?
AHenry HudsonBWalter RaleighCFrancis DrakeDJames Cook - 11.
Which explorer is the Americas named after?
AChristopher ColumbusBGiovanni da VerrazzanoCJohn CabotDAmerigo Vespucci - 12.
Which explorer led a famous Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance?
ADouglas MawsonBErnest ShackletonCRobert ScottDRoald Amundsen - 13.
Which Portuguese prince sponsored many voyages of exploration down the African coast?
AAfonso de AlbuquerqueBPrince Henry the NavigatorCPrince JohnDKing Manuel I - 14.
Who was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
AFrancisco PizarroBFerdinand MagellanCVasco Núñez de BalboaDHernán Cortés - 15.
Which explorer sailed for England and explored the northeastern coast of North America in 1497?
AWalter RaleighBHenry HudsonCJohn CabotDMartin Frobisher