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