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# European Explorers Quiz **Questions:** 1. Henry Hudson 2. Ferdinand Magellan 3. Bartholomeus Dias 4. Hernando Cortez 5. Vasco De Gama 6. Christopher Columbus 7. Prince Henry the Navigator 8. Francisco Pizarro 9. Amerigo Vespucci 10. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria 11. 3 G's of exploration 12....

# European Explorers Quiz **Questions:** 1. Henry Hudson 2. Ferdinand Magellan 3. Bartholomeus Dias 4. Hernando Cortez 5. Vasco De Gama 6. Christopher Columbus 7. Prince Henry the Navigator 8. Francisco Pizarro 9. Amerigo Vespucci 10. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria 11. 3 G's of exploration 12. Northwest passage 13. Line of Demarcation 14. Treaty of Tordesillas **Answers:** **A)** This explorer mapped South America, figured out a more accurate size of the Earth, and deduced he was in a separate continent and not Asia. Two continents bear his name. **B)** The document created by the Pope that separated the world into Spanish and Portuguese territories, is why Brazil speaks Portuguese and not Spanish. **C)** Gold, Glory, God **D)** This explorer was the first European to round the Cape of Africa and name it Cape of Good Hope, since they all almost died but did not. His crew forced him to turn around. **E)** This explorer was the first European to cross the isthmus of Panama and see the Pacific Ocean. **F)** The fabled waterway that would allow a speedy route through the Americas and allow quick passage to Asia. **G)** This conquistador took over the Aztec Empire in spite of being highly outnumbered, using other native groups and superior military technology. **H)** Never really an explorer himself, this European noble sponsored many other adventurers and set up a Navigation school. **I)** This European explorer was the first European to make it around Africa to India. He made 60x the cost of his voyage and returned rich. **J)** The boundary set by the Pope that divided the world between the Spanish and Portuguese for settlement. **K)** This explorer traveled across North America looking for the Northwest Passage and ended up exploring many waterways in New York and Canada. He was looking for the mythical fountain of youth. **L)** The explorer that traveled into Florida looking for the mythical fountain of youth and cities of gold. **M)** The names of the boats that Columbus took across the Atlantic ocean, made famous by that stupid Stepbrothers movie, or the much better, song by the Beastie Boys.