Vasco Núñez de Balboa & Pacific Discovery Exercise

Vasco Núñez de Balboa & Pacific Discovery

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa & Pacific Discovery

Discover Vasco Núñez de Balboa and his journey across land to reach the Pacific Ocean. Learn how his expedition led to European awareness of this vast sea.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first European to view which ocean from the Americas?

  2. MultiChoice

    What narrow strip of land did Balboa cross in 1513 to reach the ocean?

  3. MultiChoice

    What name did Balboa give to the Pacific Ocean when he reached it?

  4. MultiChoice

    Balboa carried out his discoveries on behalf of which country?

  5. MultiChoice

    In what year did Balboa trek across Panama to see the new ocean?

  6. MultiChoice

    Balboa helped establish a permanent settlement in which modern nation?

  7. MultiChoice

    What terrain did Balboa's expedition have to cross in Panama?

  8. MultiChoice

    Balboa claimed the South Sea and all adjoining lands for whom?

  9. MultiChoice

    Why was Balboa's sighting of the Pacific Ocean geographically important?

  10. MultiChoice

    Stories of a wealthy gold empire to the south heard by Balboa referred to which people?

  11. MultiChoice

    How did Balboa and his men travel across the jungle of Panama?

  12. WordsBox

    ____ ____ crossed Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.