Test Your Knowledge: How Much Do You Know About Famous Explorers from History?

Questions

1. Who was the first European to reach the Americas in 1492?
2. Which Portuguese explorer is credited with leading the first expedition to sail around the world?
3. Name the Norwegian explorer who was the first to reach both the North and South Poles.
4. Which Italian explorer is famous for his voyages to Asia and opening up trade routes for Europe?
5. Who was the African explorer known for his 1930s expedition across the Sahara Desert?
6. Which English explorer is associated with the colonization of Virginia and the Roanoke Colony?
7. Name the French explorer who founded Quebec in Canada in 1608.
8. Who was the first person to lead an expedition to the South Pole?
9. Which Spanish conquistador led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire?
10. Name the Danish explorer credited with establishing the first European settlement in Greenland.

Answers:

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Roald Amundsen
4. Marco Polo
5. Hugh Clapperton
6. Sir Walter Raleigh
7. Samuel de Champlain
8. Roald Amundsen
9. Hernán Cortés
10. Erik the Red