Quiz
1. Who was the first explorer to travel around the world in 80 days (or less)?
2. Which explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa?
3. Who settled Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607?
4. Who discovered Florida?
5. Who made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
6. What explorer has a river, bay, and strait named in his honor?
7. Who discovered America?
8. Which president sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their journey to the Pacific Ocean?
9. Which explorer first reached the South Pole?
10. Which country did Marco Polo explore and introduce to Europeans?
1. Who was the first explorer to travel around the world in 80 days (or less)?
Nellie Bly
2. Which explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
3. Who settled Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607?
John Smith
4. Who discovered Florida?
Ponce de León
5. Who made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
John Alcock and Arthur Brown
6. What explorer has a river, bay, and strait named in his honor?
Henry Hudson
7. Who discovered America?
Leif Eriksson
8. Which president sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their journey to the Pacific Ocean?
Thomas Jefferson
9. Which explorer first reached the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
10. Which country did Marco Polo explore and introduce to Europeans?
China