Quiz  /  Explorers and Explorations (Part Two) Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was among the first European navigators to recognize that a “New World” had been discovered in the 15th century?

  • John Cabot
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Amerigo Vespucci

  • 2. 
    Which English admiral circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580?

  • Sir Francis Drake
  • Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Humphrey Gilbert

  • 3. 
    Who was the discoverer of Homeric Troy and one of the great popularizers of archaeology?

  • Heinrich Schliemann
  • Jacques Cousteau
  • Howard Carter
  • Adolf Furtwängler

  • 4. 
    Who is regarded as the initiator of the so-called Age of Discovery during the 15th century?

  • Elizabeth I
  • Amerigo Vespucci
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Christopher Columbus

  • 5. 
    Which Inca ruler was captured and executed by the explorer Francisco Pizarro, thus ending the Inca empire?

  • Mayta Capac
  • Huascar
  • Atahuallpa
  • Montezuma II

  • 6. 
    Which navigator is said to have helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada?

  • John Hawkins
  • John Cabot
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • Christopher Columbus
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