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.
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 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