Age of European Exploration: Name That Explorer

Introduce students to the Age of Exploration with this social studies worksheets for middle grades! During the 1400s and 1500s, European explorers traveled across oceans to lands in southern Africa, Asia, and the Americas—places unfamiliar or completely unknown to Europeans. In this identification worksheet, learners are asked to use the word bank to match the names of European explorers to their corresponding expeditions. If needed, students can independently research to gather information necessary to identify which explorer is associated with various voyages.