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Quiz about Henry Hudson New World Explorer
Quiz about Henry Hudson New World Explorer

Henry Hudson: New World Explorer Quiz


Henry Hudson was an explorer of rare courage and vision, but he came to a tragic end. Play on to learn more about the man whose name lives on in a mighty river and a great bay.

A multiple-choice quiz by inkwell. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
inkwell
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
337,625
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
360
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Question 1 of 10
1. Hudson made his voyages to the New World in which of the following centuries? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Hudson's grandfather, also named Henry, was most likely the founder of a company that traded goods abroad. That company was called: Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Hudson may have been to sea as a young man. Some historians believe he sailed to: Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Hudson's first command was of a ship called the Hopewell, which belonged to the Muscovy Company. It sailed: Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. On the Hopewell, Hudson was joined by: Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Convinced there was no Northeast Passage to Asia, Hudson sailed for the New World in 1609. His ship for this voyage was called: Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the New World, Hudson visited what he called "as pleasant a land as one need tread upon." He was referring to: Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1610, Hudson sailed to the Canadian Arctic aboard the Discovery. This ship met disaster when: Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Hudson and eight other crew members were forced into the Discovery's shallop and cast adrift. The mutiny against them was led by: Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The surviving mutineers were finally brought to trial in 1618. They were found guilty of: Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Hudson made his voyages to the New World in which of the following centuries?

Answer: The seventeenth (1600s)

Hudson sailed the ocean blue in the seventeenth century. Almost everything we know about him happened between 1607 and 1611.
2. Hudson's grandfather, also named Henry, was most likely the founder of a company that traded goods abroad. That company was called:

Answer: The Muscovy Company

The Muscovy Company traded goods between England and Russia. Ships carried out English wool and brought back Russian furs, among other items. As trade expanded, the company's agents began to serve as a diplomatic link between the two nations.
3. Hudson may have been to sea as a young man. Some historians believe he sailed to:

Answer: The Canadian Arctic

Some believe Hudson sailed to the Canadian Arctic as part of the explorer John Davis's journeys there in the 1580s. Davis was seeking the Northwest Passage. He explored Baffin Island and the strait that bears his name, and narrowly missed discovering what we now call Hudson Bay. He was one of the greatest early Arctic explorers.
4. Hudson's first command was of a ship called the Hopewell, which belonged to the Muscovy Company. It sailed:

Answer: Towards the Arctic Circle

Hudson had convinced the owners of the Muscovy Company that he would be able to sail over the top of the Arctic Circle and down the other side to China. His theory, which was commonly held at the time, was that the constant summer sun in the Arctic would melt the ice and make the land warmer the farther north he went.

He made it as far as the northern tip of Spitsbergen, an island about a thousand kilometers south of the Arctic Circle. It was the farthest north any ship had ever sailed to that point.
5. On the Hopewell, Hudson was joined by:

Answer: His teenage son John

Hudson's son John, then about sixteen years old, joined his father on this 1607 voyage and every subsequent one as well.
6. Convinced there was no Northeast Passage to Asia, Hudson sailed for the New World in 1609. His ship for this voyage was called:

Answer: The Half Moon

The Half Moon was owned by the Dutch East India Company, and Hudson sailed to the New World under the Dutch flag. He was supposed to sail towards the Arctic Circle again, but he abandoned that route after a near mutiny and headed instead for the warmer waters of the British colony of Virginia.
7. In the New World, Hudson visited what he called "as pleasant a land as one need tread upon." He was referring to:

Answer: The Hudson River Valley

Hudson thought the river that now bears his name would carry his ship through North America to Asia. He travelled almost as far as modern-day Albany before the water became too shallow for him to carry on. But he and his crew did find a habitable land rich in resources, including "much slate and other good stone for houses." By the mid-1620s, the Dutch had founded New Amsterdam (now New York City) on the tip of the island of Manhattan.
8. In 1610, Hudson sailed to the Canadian Arctic aboard the Discovery. This ship met disaster when:

Answer: Its crew mutinied

The Discovery was forced to spend the winter of 1610-11 trapped in the ice of Hudson Bay. By the time the ice broke up, the men were ravaged by scurvy and had less than two weeks' worth of food left. They began plotting against Hudson and accused him of hiding rations for his own use.

When he accused them of the same thing in turn, and demanded that some men's sea chests be opened and searched, he sealed his fate.
9. Hudson and eight other crew members were forced into the Discovery's shallop and cast adrift. The mutiny against them was led by:

Answer: The master's mate, Robert Juet

The mutiny was most likely led by Robert Juet, who had caused problems for Hudson on his two previous voyages as well. Philip Staffe, the ship's carpenter, showed great courage and loyalty in insisting he be lowered into the small ship with his captain. Abacuk Prickett kept a journal of the voyage and provided the only complete record we have of the mutiny. And it's thanks to the navigator, Robert Bylot, that most of the mutineers eventually made it safely back home. Robert Juet was not one of the lucky ones; he starved to death almost in sight of Ireland.
10. The surviving mutineers were finally brought to trial in 1618. They were found guilty of:

Answer: Nothing

The men were not charged with mutiny, but murder. They all vigorously defended themselves, arguing that Hudson and the others had gone voluntarily into the shallop, and that the threat of starvation justified their actions. In the end, the court ruled that it wasn't a crime to cast someone adrift within sight of inhabited land. No trace of the nine castaways was ever found.
Source: Author inkwell

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