Explorers and Explorations (Part One) Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Which Egyptian monarch’s tomb was discovered intact by Howard Carter in 1922?

A Akhenaten’s B Cleopatra’s C Tutankhamen’s D Ramses I’s

2. Who led the first European expedition around the Cape of Good Hope, opening the sea route to Asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans?

A Pedro Álvares Cabral B Bartolomeu Dias C Duarte Pacheco Pereira D Amerigo Vespucci

3. Where in Australia did Captain James Cook first land?

A Bering Strait B Great Barrier Reef C Botany Bay D Port Adelaide

4. Who were the first Europeans to colonize New York?

A the Dutch B the French C the British D the Vikings

5. Which explorer led the voyage that became the first circumnavigation of the world?

A Ferdinand Magellan B John Cabot C Vasco da Gama D Diogo Gomes