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Quiz about Famous Explorers of the World

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Here is a quiz about ten of the world's most famous explorers. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by atm619. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
atm619

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
283,022

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which explorer named the Pacific Ocean? Hint

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernando de Soto

Francis Drake

Juan Ponce de Leon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What two explorers are sometimes credited with the first visit to the North Pole? Hint

David Livingstone and Henry Stanley

Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson

Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who, by long-standing tradition, is credited with "discovering" the "New World" (for Europeans)? Hint

Vasco de Gama

Sir Francis Drake

Henry Hudson

Christopher Columbus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first to call America a "New World"? Hint

James Cook

Amerigo Vespucci

Alexander Mackenzie

Matthew Flinders

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Yale professor discovered a city called Machu Picchu. Hint

Henry Hudson

Amerigo Vespucci

Hiram Bingham

Jacques Cartier

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Question 6 of 10

6. This explorer pushed Chinese maritime exploration and trade to its farthest. Hint

Roald Amundsen

Henri Mouhot

Cheng Ho

Abel Janszoon Tasman

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Question 7 of 10

7. This is Sweden's most prolific explorer. He crossed the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. Hint

Sven Anders Hedin

Samuel de Champlain

Leif Eriksson

Vasco de Gama

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who opened a sea route to the East Indies for Portugal? Hint

Ibn Battuta

Martin Frobisher

Bartolomeu Dias

Lewis and Clark

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1325, this Islamic scholar from Tangier set out for Mecca and began a journey of three decades and 75,000 miles. Hint

Cheng Ho

Ibn Battuta

Vitus Jonassen Bering

Ibn Sayyed

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who established a short-lived settlement at a site called Vinland? Hint

Sven Anders Hedin

Martin Frobisher

Leif Eriksson

James Cook

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which explorer named the Pacific Ocean?

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Phillippines while fighting in a local war. Only 18 members of his crew completed the voyage and returned home.

2. What two explorers are sometimes credited with the first visit to the North Pole?

Answer: Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson

The pair of explorers are generally credited with being the first people to reach the North Pole. They reached it in 1909.

3. Who, by long-standing tradition, is credited with "discovering" the "New World" (for Europeans)?

Answer: Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was trying to find a new passage to the Far East. When he landed in the Bahamas, he was in what is sometimes known as the Western Hemisphere, more commonly called the Americas. He has traditionally been credited with the discovery of the New World but the Vikings were the first Europeans to discover it.

4. Who was the first to call America a "New World"?

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci

While disputing the idea that Columbus had found the "back door" route to Asia, this Italian navigator was the first to call America the "New World".

5. This Yale professor discovered a city called Machu Picchu.

Answer: Hiram Bingham

Machu Picchu was partly cleared by farmers; the ruins were further revealed by the Yale professor Hiram Bingham.

6. This explorer pushed Chinese maritime exploration and trade to its farthest.

Answer: Cheng Ho

Cheng Ho reached the coast of Africa in 1418. He later died in 1433 and the Ming dynasty reverted to traditional Chinese isolationism.

7. This is Sweden's most prolific explorer. He crossed the deserts and mountains of Central Asia.

Answer: Sven Anders Hedin

Sven Anders Hedin discovered more than 6,500 miles of unknown land.

8. Who opened a sea route to the East Indies for Portugal?

Answer: Bartolomeu Dias

His 1488 voyage around Africa's Cape of Good Hope opened a sea route to the East Indies for Portugal. That propelled Portugal into a period of prosperity.

9. In 1325, this Islamic scholar from Tangier set out for Mecca and began a journey of three decades and 75,000 miles.

Answer: Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was led on his voyages by the Koran. He went as far east as China.

10. Who established a short-lived settlement at a site called Vinland?

Answer: Leif Eriksson

Five centuries before Columbus, Leif Eriksson and his crew of 35 Norsemen were the first Europeans to set foot on mainland North America.

Source: Author atm619

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