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| Question | % correct |
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Which explorer reached the Americas in 1492 while sailing west for Spain? | 100% |
Which explorer led the first expedition to sail all the way around the globe? | 100% |
Which Portuguese explorer first sailed around Africa to reach India by sea in 1498? | 0% |
Which conquistador led the conquest of the Aztec Empire? | 100% |
Which conquistador conquered the Inca Empire of Peru? | 100% |
After which Italian navigator and mapmaker were the American continents named? | 100% |
Which English sea captain became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe? | 0% |
Which Portuguese explorer first rounded the Cape of Good Hope at Africa's southern tip in 1488? | 100% |
Which explorer accidentally claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500 while sailing for India? | 100% |
Which conquistador crossed Panama to become the first European to sight the Pacific from the Americas? | 100% |
Which British navigator charted the eastern coast of Australia and much of the Pacific in the 18th century? | 0% |
Which Spanish explorer searched Florida, legend says for a fountain of youth? | 100% |
Which explorer, sailing for England in 1497, reached the North American mainland at Newfoundland? | 100% |
Which French explorer founded the city of Quebec in 1608? | 100% |
Which Spanish explorer led an expedition deep into the American Southeast and crossed the Mississippi River? | 100% |
Which captain completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan was killed in the Philippines? | 100% |
Which Portuguese prince organized and funded the early voyages down the West African coast? | 100% |
Which English explorer, seeking the Northwest Passage, was set adrift by a mutinous crew in a great Canadian bay? | 100% |
Which Dutch navigator was the first European to reach Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand? | 100% |
Which French explorer first sailed up the St. Lawrence River, claiming Canada for France in the 1530s? | 0% |
Which Spanish explorer led a vast expedition across the Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold? | 100% |
Which Italian navigator, sailing for France in 1524, was the first European to enter New York Harbor? | 100% |
Which French explorer canoed the length of the Mississippi and claimed Louisiana for France? | 100% |
Which Portuguese king's reign saw da Gama's route to India open, earning him the nickname "the Fortunate"? | 100% |
Which Spanish survivor of a failed expedition wandered for years across the Gulf Coast and Southwest, later writing a famous account? | 100% |
Which navigator discovered the key wind route across the Pacific from Asia back to the Americas in 1565? | 100% |
Which English courtier sponsored the failed Roanoke colony and popularized tobacco? | 100% |
Which explorer led the third and final voyage on which he was killed in Hawaii in 1779? | 0% |
Which Portuguese explorer's fleet was the first to reach India by sea, opening the spice trade for Lisbon? | 100% |
Which conquistador captured and executed the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca in 1532? | 100% |
What 1494 treaty divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain? | 100% |
What disease, caused by a lack of vitamin C, was a deadly scourge for sailors on long sea voyages? | 100% |
What was the name of the sought-after sea route through or around North America to Asia? | 100% |
What is the Spanish term for the soldiers and explorers who led the conquest of the Americas? | 100% |
The "Spice Islands," a primary destination for early explorers, are also known by what name? | 100% |
What type of small, maneuverable ship, developed by the Portuguese, was crucial for early exploration? | 100% |
What term describes the massive transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds? | 100% |
What was the flagship of Christopher Columbus's first voyage in 1492? | 0% |
The passage at the southern tip of South America is named for which explorer who first navigated it? | 100% |
Along with silver, what precious metal was the main objective of the Spanish conquest of the Americas? | 100% |
In which modern-day country was Ferdinand Magellan killed during a battle with local inhabitants? | 100% |
What did Europeans commonly call the Americas after their discovery? | 0% |
Which Norse explorer is now widely believed to have landed in North America around 1000 AD? | 100% |
Which Spanish monarchs funded Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage? | 100% |
Explorers sought the kingdom of the legendary Christian king Prester John, thought to lie on which continents? | 100% |
What was the name of Francis Drake's flagship during his circumnavigation of the globe? | 100% |
The "Lost Colony" of Roanoke was located in which present-day U.S. state? | 100% |
In 1511, Portuguese forces under Afonso de Albuquerque captured which key trading port on the Malay Peninsula? | 100% |
The modern metropolis of Mexico City was built on the ruins of which great Aztec city? | 100% |
Who was the ruler of the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés first arrived in 1519? | 100% |
When Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name, he was sailing for which country? | 100% |
Decades before the Portuguese, which Chinese admiral led seven massive naval expeditions into the Indian Ocean? | 100% |
Sailing for Russia, which Danish explorer gave his name to the strait separating Asia from North America? | 100% |
What was the Spanish labor system that compelled indigenous people to work for colonists? | 100% |
The "Manila Galleons" were Spanish trading ships that for over 250 years regularly crossed which ocean? | 100% |
What was the name of the indigenous Arawak people whom Columbus first encountered on Hispaniola? | 100% |
Who was the Nahua woman who acted as interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés during his conquest of Mexico? | 100% |
What 1529 treaty extended the Tordesillas line to the Eastern Hemisphere, resolving the dispute over the Moluccas? | 100% |
Which Dutch navigator made the first documented European landing on Australia in 1606? | 100% |
Which ruthless lieutenant of Cortés ordered the 1520 massacre at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan? | 100% |
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