Explorers and discoveries

Question 1

Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

Accepted Answer

Roald Amundsen

Question 2

Who was the first European to reach India by sea, opening new trade routes to Asia?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 3

Which female explorer was one of the first to reach the summit of the Andes in the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

Jeanne Baret

Question 4

James Cook mapped large parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which explorer’s crew completed the first circumnavigation of the globe?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

Marco Polo traveled along the Silk Road to China in the 13th century.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Which explorer led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 1500s?

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés

Question 8

This explorer never set foot in the Americas but gave the continents their name. Who is it?

Accepted Answer

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 9

Christopher Columbus was trying to prove the Earth was round when he set sail in 1492.

Accepted Answer

False

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