Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

CARMALT - Earth & Space Explorers

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Date and Area Explored
Country explorer represented
Name
c. 900 - Greenland   Norway   Erik the Red  
🗑
c. 1000 - Newfoundland   Norway   Leif Eriksson  
🗑
1271-1295 - Mongolian Empire in Asia   Italy   Marco Polo  
🗑
1487-1488 - Cape of Good Hope, Africa   Portugal   Bartolomeu Dias  
🗑
1492-1502 - San Salvador, West Indies   Spain   Christopher Columbus  
🗑
1497-1498 - India reached by sea   Portugal   Vasco da Gama  
🗑
1497-1502 - South America and West Indies   Spain   Amerigo Vespucci  
🗑
1500-1501 - Sailed from Africa to India and Brazil   Portugal   Pedro Cabral  
🗑
1513 - Pacific Ocean   Spain   Vasco de Balboa  
🗑
1513 and 1521 - Florida   Spain   Juan Ponce de Leon  
🗑
1519-1521 - Mexico   Spain   Hernando Cortes  
🗑
1519-1521 - First to sale around the world   Spain   Ferdinand Magellan  
🗑
1531-1533 - Peru   Spain   Francisco Pizarro  
🗑
1535-1541 - St. Lawrence River, Canada   France   Jacques Cartier  
🗑
1539-1542 - Mississippi River, Southwest America   Spain   Hernando de Soto  
🗑
1540-1542 - American Southwest   Spain   Francisco de Coronado  
🗑
1542-1543 - California   Spain   Juan Rodraguez Cabrillo  
🗑
1577-1580 - Sailed around the world for France   France   Sir Francis Drake  
🗑
1603-1609 - Great Lakes, Quebec   France   Samuel de Champlain  
🗑
1607-1611 - Hudson River and Hudson Bay   England   Henry Hudson  
🗑
1642-1644 - Sailed around Australia   Netherlands   Abel Tasman  
🗑
1772-1779 - Tonga, Easter Island, and Hawaii   England   James Cook  
🗑
1804-1806 - Both explored Western United States   United States   Lewis & Clark  
🗑
1831-1836 - Galapagos Islands and Ecuador   England   Charles Darwin  
🗑
1851 and 1855 - Victoria Falls, Africa   Scotland   David Livingstone  
🗑
1909 - Both discovered North Pole   United States   Matthew Henson and Robert Perry  
🗑
1911 - First to reach South Pole   Norway   Roald Amundsen  
🗑
1943-1997 - Undersea worldwide explorer   France   Jacques Cousteau  
🗑
1969 - First person to walk on the moon   United States   Neil Armstrong  
🗑
138-109 B.C. - Silk Road trade route through Asia   China   Chang Ch-ien  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: EM4CARMALT
Popular Quiz Bowl sets