Famous Explorers

What do we call a person who travels to new places to discover things about them?

• AA baker
• BAn explorer✓
• CA librarian
• DA gardener

Answer: An explorer is someone who bravely travels to unknown places to find out what is there.

Which explorer led the first team to reach the South Pole in 1911?

• ANeil Armstrong
• BChristopher Columbus
• CCaptain Cook
• DRoald Amundsen✓

Answer: Roald Amundsen from Norway and his team were the first people ever to reach the South Pole.

Which British explorer sailed on a ship called the Endeavour and mapped much of Australia and New Zealand?

• AChristopher Columbus
• BFerdinand Magellan
• CCaptain James Cook✓
• DFrancis Drake

Answer: Captain James Cook explored the Pacific Ocean and made maps of places like Australia and New Zealand.

What did explorers use, with a needle that always points north, to find their way?

• AA clock
• BA telescope
• CA calculator
• DA compass✓

Answer: A compass has a magnetic needle that points north, helping explorers know which direction to travel.

How did most famous explorers long ago travel across the oceans to far-away lands?

• ABy train
• BBy sailing ship✓
• CBy car
• DBy aeroplane

Answer: Long ago, explorers crossed the seas in wooden sailing ships powered by the wind.

Which explorer became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?

• ARoald Amundsen
• BCaptain Cook
• CNeil Armstrong✓
• DChristopher Columbus

Answer: Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human to step onto the Moon, calling it 'one giant leap for mankind'.

Which explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 with three ships and reached the Americas?

• AChristopher Columbus✓
• BNeil Armstrong
• CRoald Amundsen
• DCaptain Cook

Answer: Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492 with three ships and reached the Americas.