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Explorers and exploration

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  • The Portugese explorer Vasco de Gama was the first person to sail around Africa and reach ______.
    Mexico
    India
    China
  • An explorer and mountaineer called Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the top (peak) of which mountain?
    Everest
    Kilimanjaro
    K2
  • Roald Amundsen is believed to be the first explorer to reach ______.
    the River Nile.
    the North Pole.
    the summit of Everest.
  • People often think this explorer was the first to discover North America, but he actually wasn't.
    Christopher Columbus
    Vasco de Gama
    Sir Francis Drake
  • Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world. What did he do?
    He flew from one side of the world to the other.
    He sailed all the way around the world.
    He drew a map of the world.
  • Yuri Gagarin was the first human to ever travel into _____.
    the sky
    a cave
    space
  • In 1500, the Portugese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral was the first European to reach _____.
    Mexico
    Peru
    Brazil
  • This explorer wrote a famous book about his travels in Asia. What was his name?
    Christopher Columbus
    Marco Polo
    Ferdinand Magellan
  • There is a bay in the Canada named after this explorer.
    Hernan Cortez
    Henry Hudson
    Jacques Cartier
  • The Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes caused the fall of the Aztec Empire in ______.
    China
    Mexico
    India
  • The Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first person to discover which ocean?
    The Atlantic Ocean
    The Pacific Ocean
    The Arctic Ocean
  • 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 _____.
    clouds
    moon
    sea