World Knowledge Online Quiz

World Knowledge Online Test

Sr. #	Questions	Answers Choice
1	Which Spaniard was the first to cross the isthmus of panama and reach the pacisco pizarro?	vasco da gama pedro sarmiento de gamboa luis pires  vasco nunez de balboa
2	The biggest achievement of road amundsen's career was to be the first man to reach which place?	north pole  svalbard greenland south pole
3	Who established a short-lived settlement at a site called vinland?	sven anders hedin james cook martin frobisher leif eriksson
4	In 1325, which islamic scholar from tangier set out for mecca and began a journey of three decades and 75,000 miles.	cheng ho  lbn battuta vitus bering lbn sayyed
5	This is Sweden's most prolific explorer.he crossed the deserts and mountains of centralasia.	leif eriksson sven anders hedin samuel de champlain vasco de gama
6	Which explorer pushed chinese maritime exploration and trade to its farthest?	roald amundsen henri mouhot cheng ho abel tasman
7	Which yale professor doscovered a city called machu picchu.	amerigo vespucci henry hudson jacques carter hiram bingham
8	Who was the first to call america a new world?	matthew flinders james cook amerigo vespucci mackenzie
9	Who unknowingly discovered the western hemisphere?	columbus henry hudson vasco de gama vespucci
10	What two explorers are Credited with the first visit of the north pole?	robert E peary richard francis meriwether lewis henry stanley