🧭 Explorers, Discoveries & Inventions Trivia Questions

Which French explorer claimed the region of modern-day Canada for France and explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the 1530s?

• Jacques Cartier
• Samuel de Champlain
• Rene-Robert de La Salle
• Louis Joliet

Which Venetian merchant traveled the Silk Road to China and wrote 'The Travels', describing the court of Kublai Khan?

• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Ibn Battuta

Which Moroccan scholar traveled roughly 75,000 miles across Africa, Asia, and Europe in the 14th century, far surpassing Marco Polo's journey?

• Ibn Battuta
• Ibn Khaldun
• Al-Idrisi
• Ibn Fadlan

Which Chinese admiral led seven massive naval expeditions across the Indian Ocean in the early 15th century under the Ming dynasty?

• Zheng He
• Wang Jinghong
• Zhu Di
• Kublai Khan

Which Norse explorer is believed to have reached North America around 1000 AD, roughly 500 years before Columbus?

• Leif Erikson
• Erik the Red
• Bjarni Herjolfsson
• Thorfinn Karlsefni