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Age Of Exploration
Test Description: The Age of Exploration
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The best way European sailors learned to handle ocean currents was by _______.
A
riding with them
B
staying within sight of land
C
both a and c
D
ignoring them
2) What was Vasco da Gama famous for?
A
finding a land route to Asia
B
finding the first all-water route to Asia
C
sailing around the entire world
D
discovering South America
3) Which explorer laid the basis for Spanish claims in the Americas?
A
Christopher Columbus
B
Bartholomeu Dias
C
Hernan Cortes
D
Pedro Alvares Cabral
4) The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan was the first to _______.
A
round the tip of Africa
B
reach the Americas
C
circumnavigate the globe
D
bring enslaved Africans to Europe
5) Australia and New Zealand are in the southern Pacific Ocean. Which nation claimed these lands?
A
Spain
B
Portugal
C
the Netherlands (Holland)
D
England
6) All of the following inventions helped the early explorers navigate at sea EXCEPT the _________.
A
compass
B
astrolabe
C
rudder
D
steam engine
7) The compass helped Europeans navigate at sea. Its magnetized needle points to the magnetic _______.
A
south
B
east
C
north
D
west
8) Europeans learned about the astrolabe through contact with ___________.
A
traders from India
B
Arab traders
C
West Africans
D
Native Americans
9) News of the invention of gunpowder traveled from China westward by way of the _______________.
A
Portuguese trading post empire
B
Venetian trading ships
C
Columbian Exchange
D
Silk Road
10) Europeans first used gunpowder to take enslaved captives in _________.
A
the Moluccas
B
the Canary Islands
C
West Africa
D
South America
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