Who founded the settlement that later grew into the city of Chicago?

Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac

Who was the first team to climb to the top of Mount Everest?

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Roger Bannister and Tenzing Norgay

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke

World Explorers Quiz Quiz

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Who is credited, along with Robert Edwin Peary and four Inuit, as the first person to reach the North Pole? (This person was technically the first to reach the North Pole but was denied recognition for many years because of racism.)

Roald Amundsen

Ernest Giles

Matthew Henson

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1.

Who founded the settlement that later grew into the city of Chicago?

2.

What Scottish explorer wrote Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857)?

3.

What British explorer was the first European to reach Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa?

4.

What Australian desert was crossed in 1875 by the explorer Ernest Giles?

5.

Who is credited, along with Robert Edwin Peary and four Inuit, as the first person to reach the North Pole? (This person was technically the first to reach the North Pole but was denied recognition for many years because of racism.)

6.

Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole?

7.

In 1830 the English explorers Richard Lemon Lander and his brother John established the lower course of which river by canoeing down the river from Yauri to the Atlantic Ocean?

8.

Who led the expedition that discovered the Ross Sea and the Victoria Land region of Antarctica?

9.

Which Scottish soldier and explorer accompanied John Hanning Speke of England in the search for and discovery of the source of the Nile River?

10.

Which English explorer discovered the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia Island in the Atlantic Ocean?

11.

Which explorer was sent by the Royal Geographical Society to explore British Guiana in 1835?

12.

Who uncovered the lost Inca site of Machu Picchu?

13.

Who was the first team to climb to the top of Mount Everest?

14.

Who led the first trans-Arctic air crossing?

15.

Who was the first European to explore the Amazon?

16.

During which month of the year did the first European explorers land at what is now Rio de Janeiro?

17.

What Canadian city, founded by Samuel de Champlain, is situated at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Saint-Charles rivers?

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1. Who founded the settlement that later grew into the city of Chicago?

2. What Scottish explorer wrote Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857)?

3. What British explorer was the first European to reach Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa?

4. What Australian desert was crossed in 1875 by the explorer Ernest Giles?

5. Who is credited, along with Robert Edwin Peary and four Inuit, as the first person to reach the North Pole? (This person was technically the first to reach the North Pole but was denied recognition for many years because of racism.)

6. Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole?

7. In 1830 the English explorers Richard Lemon Lander and his brother John established the lower course of which river by canoeing down the river from Yauri to the Atlantic Ocean?

8. Who led the expedition that discovered the Ross Sea and the Victoria Land region of Antarctica?

9. Which Scottish soldier and explorer accompanied John Hanning Speke of England in the search for and discovery of the source of the Nile River?

10. Which English explorer discovered the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia Island in the Atlantic Ocean?

11. Which explorer was sent by the Royal Geographical Society to explore British Guiana in 1835?

12. Who uncovered the lost Inca site of Machu Picchu?

13. Who was the first team to climb to the top of Mount Everest?

14. Who led the first trans-Arctic air crossing?

15. Who was the first European to explore the Amazon?

16. During which month of the year did the first European explorers land at what is now Rio de Janeiro?

17. What Canadian city, founded by Samuel de Champlain, is situated at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Saint-Charles rivers?

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1.

Who founded the settlement that later grew into the city of Chicago?

2.

What Scottish explorer wrote Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857)?

3.

What British explorer was the first European to reach Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa?

4.

What Australian desert was crossed in 1875 by the explorer Ernest Giles?

5.

Who is credited, along with Robert Edwin Peary and four Inuit, as the first person to reach the North Pole? (This person was technically the first to reach the North Pole but was denied recognition for many years because of racism.)

6.

Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole?

7.

In 1830 the English explorers Richard Lemon Lander and his brother John established the lower course of which river by canoeing down the river from Yauri to the Atlantic Ocean?

8.

Who led the expedition that discovered the Ross Sea and the Victoria Land region of Antarctica?

9.

Which Scottish soldier and explorer accompanied John Hanning Speke of England in the search for and discovery of the source of the Nile River?

10.

Which English explorer discovered the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia Island in the Atlantic Ocean?

11.

Which explorer was sent by the Royal Geographical Society to explore British Guiana in 1835?

12.

Who uncovered the lost Inca site of Machu Picchu?

13.

Who was the first team to climb to the top of Mount Everest?

14.

Who led the first trans-Arctic air crossing?

15.

Who was the first European to explore the Amazon?

16.

During which month of the year did the first European explorers land at what is now Rio de Janeiro?

17.

What Canadian city, founded by Samuel de Champlain, is situated at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Saint-Charles rivers?