Famous Explorers Matching (Grade 4)
Free printable explorers matching worksheet for Grade 4. Students match each explorer to what they are famous for.
Name
Date
History · Grade 4
Match the Explorer
Match each explorer on the left to the correct achievement on the right.
- 1.Match: Marco Polo
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 2.Match: Neil Armstrong
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 3.Match: Roald Amundsen
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 4.Match: Christopher Columbus
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 5.Match: Ferdinand Magellan
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 6.Match: Abel Tasman
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 7.Match: Vasco da Gama
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
- 8.Match: Captain James Cook
- a) Led the first team to reach the South Pole
- b) Sailed from Europe around Africa to reach India by sea
- c) Travelled overland from Europe to China and wrote about it
- d) Charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific
- e) Was the first European known to reach Tasmania and New Zealand
- f) Sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas
- g) Was the first person to walk on the Moon
- h) Led the first voyage that sailed all the way around the world
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