An explorer and mountaineer called Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the top (peak) of which mountain?
Kilimanjaro
Everest
K2
The Viking explorer Leif Erikkson was the first European to discover...
North America
Australia
Africa
Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the _____.
moon
clouds
sea
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world. What did he do?
He sailed all the way around the world.
He flew from one side of the world to the other.
He drew a map of the world.
The Portugese explorer Vasco de Gama was the first person to sail around Africa and reach ______.
Mexico
India
China
There is a bay in the Canada named after this explorer.
Henry Hudson
Hernan Cortez
Jacques Cartier
Roald Amundsen is believed to be the first explorer to reach ______.
the River Nile.
the summit of Everest.
the North Pole.
This explorer wrote a famous book about his travels in Asia. What was his name?
Ferdinand Magellan
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
People often think this explorer was the first to discover North America, but he actually wasn't.
Vasco de Gama
Sir Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
The Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first person to discover which ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean