About this Study Set
This study set covers Adventure & Exploration through
20 practice questions.
A challenging collection of historical questions regarding world exploration, navigation, and terrestrial discovery. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
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Historical Frontiers and Expeditions study set below.
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1
Which explorer was the first to successfully lead an expedition to the South Magnetic Pole in 1909?
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A
Douglas Mawson
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B
Ernest Shackleton
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C
Robert Falcon Scott
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D
Roald Amundsen
2
In 1526, which Portuguese explorer became the first European to arrive in New Guinea?
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A
Jorge de Menezes
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B
Luís Vaz de Camões
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C
Diogo Dias
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D
António de Abreu
3
Which navigator was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle, doing so in January 1773?
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A
James Cook
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B
Vitush Bering
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C
Jean-François de Galaup
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D
Matthew Flinders
4
The 1845 Franklin Expedition was searching for which specific geographical feature?
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A
The Northwest Passage
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B
The magnetic North Pole
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C
The source of the Nile
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D
A temperate southern continent
5
Which explorer was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest accompanied by Tenzing Norgay in 1953?
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A
Edmund Hillary
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B
Reinhold Messner
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C
George Mallory
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D
Eric Shipton
6
The first successful circumnavigation of the Earth was completed by the remnants of the expedition led by which explorer?
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A
Ferdinand Magellan
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B
Vasco da Gama
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C
Francis Drake
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D
Amerigo Vespucci
7
Which explorer reached the North Pole in 1909, though his claim has been historically debated?
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A
Robert Peary
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B
Frederick Cook
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C
Roald Amundsen
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D
Richard Byrd
8
In 1877, who became the first person to cross the African continent from east to west?
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A
Henry Morton Stanley
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B
David Livingstone
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C
Richard Francis Burton
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D
John Hanning Speke
9
Which explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513?
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A
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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B
Francisco Pizarro
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C
Hernán Cortés
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D
Juan Ponce de León
10
Which expedition was the first to successfully cross the entire Antarctic continent overland in 1958?
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A
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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B
Nimrod Expedition
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C
Heroic Age Expedition
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D
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
11
Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911?
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A
Roald Amundsen
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B
Robert Falcon Scott
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C
Douglas Mawson
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D
Ernest Shackleton
12
Which explorer identified the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682, claiming the region for France?
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A
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
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B
Jacques Marquette
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C
Louis Jolliet
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D
Samuel de Champlain
13
In 1792, which explorer was the first European to enter the Puget Sound?
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A
George Vancouver
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B
James Cook
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C
William Bligh
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D
John Meares
14
Which explorer led the 'Search for the Nile' expedition that ended with the 1858 discovery of Lake Tanganyika?
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A
Richard Francis Burton
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B
John Hanning Speke
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C
James Grant
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D
Samuel Baker
15
Which naval officer was the first to sail through the Bering Strait between 1725 and 1730?
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A
Vitus Bering
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B
Aleksei Chirikov
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C
George Vancouver
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D
James Cook
16
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe was completed by whom between 1895 and 1898?
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A
Joshua Slocum
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B
Francis Chichester
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C
Robin Knox-Johnston
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D
Bernard Moitessier
17
Which explorer was the first to map the coastline of what is now Western Australia in 1616?
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A
Dirk Hartog
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B
Willem Janszoon
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C
Abel Tasman
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D
Jan Carstenszoon
18
The 1925 expedition to find the 'Lost City of the Monkey God' was led by which British explorer who disappeared in the Amazon?
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A
Percy Fawcett
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B
Arthur Conan Doyle
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C
Theodore Roosevelt
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D
Hiram Bingham
19
In 1912, who led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition to survey the coastline of Adélie Land?
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A
Douglas Mawson
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B
Ernest Shackleton
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C
Robert Falcon Scott
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D
Roald Amundsen
20
Which explorer successfully located the source of the White Nile in 1862?
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A
John Hanning Speke
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B
David Livingstone
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C
Henry Morton Stanley
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D
Samuel Baker
