stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Mystery of History Vol. 3 - Explorers & Scientists Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Mystery of History Vol. 3 - Explorers & Scientists
Mystery of History Vol. 3 - Explorers & Scientists
18 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
46 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
18 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
18
Answers
1
I conquered the Incas of Peru.
Hernan CORTES
Francisco PIZARRO
Juan Ponce de LEON
Christopher COLUMBUS
2
I went on a quest for the Seven Cities of Cibola and discovered the Grand Canyon.
Jacques CARTIER
Hernando de SOTO
Samuel de CHAMPLAIN
Francisco de CORONADO
3
I wrote the Three Laws of Planetary Motion
Michel de MONTAIGNE
Sir Francis BACON
Johannes KEPLER
Neil ARMSTRONG
4
I was the navigator who began the FIRST voyage around the world
Willem JANSZOON
Ferdinand MAGELLAN
Sir Francis DRAKE
Sir Walter RALEIGH
5
I was the French explorer who first discovered Canada.
Captain VANCOUVER
Jacques CARTIER
John Amos COMENIUS
Samuel de CHAMPLAIN
6
I wrote the Law of Falling Bodies and made advancements in physics and astronomy.
Galileo GALILEI
Johannes KEPLER
Nicolaus COPERNICUS
Desiderius ERASMUS
7
I was the Dutch explorer who first discovered Australia.
Sir William SYDNEY
Miguel de CERVANTES
Captain James COOK
Willem JANSZOON
8
I was a Portuguese explorer who FIRST sailed to the tip of Africa and named it the Cape of Storms.
Juan Ponce de LEON
Sir Thomas MORE
Vasco da GAMA
Bartolomeu DIAS
9
I explored Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth.
Henry HUDSON
Juan Ponce de LEON
Hernando de SOTO
Cristobal COLON
10
I first published the Heliocentric theory stating that the earth revolves around the sun.
Johannes KEPLER
Nicolaus COPERNICUS
ARISTOTLE
Galileo GALILEI
11
I sailed to the New World in 1492.
Henry HUDSON
Hernan CORTES
Leonardo da VINCI
Christopher COLUMBUS
12
I was a brilliant mathematician who used the idea of probabilities to defend having faith in God.
Blaise PASCAL
Sir Isaac NEWTON
Sir Francis BACON
Rene DESCARTES
13
I was a cruel explorer looking for gold. I was buried in the Mississippi.
Samuel de CHAMPLAIN
Henry HUDSON
Hernando de SOTO
Hernan CORTES
14
I was nicknamed The First Modern Chemist
Miguel de CERVANTES
Rene DESCARTES
SQUANTO
Robert BOYLE
15
I wrote about gravity, calculus, and light and developed the Three Laws of Motion.
John Amos COMENIUS
Isaac WATTS
Sir Isaac NEWTON
Sir Francis BACON
16
I was a skilled astronomer who had an island observatory and studied the stars with my naked eye.
Tycho BRAHE
Rene DESCARTES
JohannES KEPLER
Mary TUDOR
17
I was the first ENGLISHMAN to circumnavigate the world.
Sir Walter RALEIGH
Sir Francis BACON
El CANO
Sir Francis DRAKE
18
I conquered the Aztecs of Mexico.
ERASMUS
Francisco PIZZARO
Bartolome de Las CASAS
Hernan CORTES