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Test Description: Review for test on Explorers unit.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of these is NOT a hardship encountered by the explorers?
A
Rotten Food
B
Helpful Natives
C
Mutiny
D
Scurvy
2) What new piece of technology allowed the explorers to figure where they were according to lines of latitude when they were sailing on the open sea?
A
Astrolabe
B
Compass
C
Cannons
D
Rudder
3) What is the name given to the Spanish explorers who took control of South America?
A
Armadas
B
Conquistadors
C
Pirates
D
Vikings
4) What CONTAGIOUS disease was passed on to the Native Americans by the explorers?
A
Smallpox
B
Scurvy
C
Bronchitis
D
Diabetes
5) Which of the following products from India and China were in high demand by Europeans?
A
Silks and Spices
B
Horses and Cows
C
Iron Ore and Aluminim
D
Fruits and Vegetables
6) Many explorers searched North America for this water route:
A
Asian Passage
B
Southeast Passage
C
Northwest Passage
D
Panama Canal
7) What did sailors on the high seas usually suffer from the most?
A
Chicken Pox
B
Polio
C
Boredom
D
Smallpox
8) Which country did NOT send out many explorers by sea?
A
Spain
B
England
C
Germany
D
France
9) What is SUPPLY?
A
Where something is located.
B
The amount of something.
C
How much people want something.
D
What happens after you buy products.
10) What is DEMAND?
A
Where supplies are located.
B
The amount of a product you have.
C
Making someone do something.
D
How much people want or need things.
11) What happens when there is a high demand for something, but the supply is low?
A
The cost will go down.
B
The cost will go up.
12) What causes scurvy?
A
Eating too much hardtack.
B
A lack of vitamin C in one's diet.
C
Too many fruits and vegetables in one's diet.
D
Eating food infested with maggots and beetles.
13) What is NOT a reason people explored?
A
To find new sea routes that could be quicker to navigate to other countries.
B
To get lost at sea and not make it to their final destination.
C
To find or get goods in high demand.
D
To claim new land.
14) Which is NOT an example of something sailors did to keep busy on the high seas?
A
Gamble
B
Cooking good, fresh food
C
Play simple instruments
D
Carving objects out of wood or ivory
15) What happens when there is a large supply of something, but the demand is low?
A
The cost goes down.
B
The cost goes up.
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