Explorers

Question 1

Viking 1002

Answer 1

Leif Eriksson

Question 2

Founded Vinland

Answer 2

Leif Eriksson

Question 3

Established trade routes over land to Asia

Answer 3

Marco Polo

Question 4

Spain, 1492

Answer 4

Christopher Columbus

Question 5

Discovered the West Indies such as Bahamas and Cuba

Answer 5

Christopher Columbus

Question 6

England, 1493

Answer 6

John Cabot

Question 7

Explored a more north western route to Asia and founded Newfoundland

Answer 7

John Cabot

Question 8

Italian, 1499 and 1502

Answer 8

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 9

Discovered that Christopher Columbus had founded a new continent

Answer 9

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 10

New land was named America when a German map maker made a map of the New World

Answer 10

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 11

Spain, 1513

Answer 11

Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Ponce de Leon

Question 12

Crossed Panama on foot. First to see Pacific Ocean.

Answer 12

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Question 13

First to explore present day North America

Answer 13

Ponce de Leon

Question 14

Claimed the land for Spain and called it “La Florida”

Answer 14

Ponce de Leon

Question 15

Spain, 1519

Answer 15

Hernando Cortez and Ferdinand Magellan

Question 16

Explored East Mexico

Answer 16

Hernando Cortez

Question 17

Defeated Aztec for barbarian ways

Answer 17

Hernando Cortez

Question 18

Sent to find west route to Asia around Southern tip of Americas

Answer 18

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 19

First to sail Pacific, also named it

Answer 19

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 20

Died in voyage, but one ship made it back to Spain in 1522

Answer 20

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 21

France, 1524

Answer 21

Giovanni de Verrazano

Question 22

Explored North Carolina and New England

Answer 22

Giovanni da Verrazano

Question 23

Spain, 1531

Answer 23

Francisco Pizarro

Question 24

Explored and conquered Inca empire (South America)

Answer 24

Francisco Pizarro

Question 25

Claimed East Canada

Answer 25

Jacques Cartier

Question 26

Explored most of Southeast America

Answer 26

Hernando de Soto

Question 27

Spain, 1539

Answer 27

Hernando de Soto

Question 28

Spain, 1540

Answer 28

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 29

Explored southwestern part of United States and claimed much of the US for Spain

Answer 29

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 30

Searched for "7 Cities of Gold"

Answer 30

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 31

Spain, 1542

Answer 31

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Question 32

Searched for Strait of Anian

Answer 32

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Question 33

Claimed more land for Spain (CA, OR, WA)

Answer 33

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo