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Great Explorers

Test your knowledge of the early explorers whose travels changed our view of the world.

Points available: 10

1:

How many voyages did Columbus make to the New World?

2:

What was Amerigo Vespucci, the man from whose name "America" came, known for?

3:

Where was Christopher Columbus originally from?

4:

What did John Cabot command in 1497?

5:

Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?

6:

What happened to explorer Henry Hudson's crew in 1611?

7:

Which explorer first met the Amazons?

8:

What was the name of the ship in which Sir Francis Drake made the second circumnavigation of the globe?

9:

What animal did Lewis and Clark find during their exploration and send back to Jefferson as a pet?

10:

What was the "Bounty" transporting during its fateful voyage?

 

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