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Exploration And Colonization I: Explorers
Test Description: Covers early exploration topics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which explorer is known for sailing around the tip of Africa to India?
A
Vasco da Gama
B
Ferdinand Magellan
C
Henry Hudson
D
Christopher Columbus
2) Which explorer is known for circumnavigating the globe?
A
Christopher Columbus
B
Henry Hudson
C
Ferdinand Magellan
D
Vasco da Gama
3) Which is NOT true of Prince Henry the Navigator?
A
He opened a school for explorers
B
He circumnavigated the globe
C
He named the Gold Coast of Africa
D
He was Portuguese
4) The astrolabe was used to tell an explorer...
A
where north was
B
how hard the wind was blowing
C
the water temperature
D
his latitude
5) The compass was used to tell an explorer...
A
the water temperature
B
his latitude
C
how hard the wind was blowing
D
where north was
6) What did Columbus name the land he discovered?
A
New Europe
B
Little Spain
C
America
D
The West Indies
7) The caravel was a newly invented...
A
lighter, faster ship
B
tool for making maps
C
high-power telescope
D
more accurate compass
8) Explorers were motivated by what three G words?
A
Guns, Germs, and Goats
B
Gold, God, and Glory
C
Glitter, Glue, and Googly Eyes
D
Games, Gambling, and Glamour
9) Why did Europeans want to go to Asia by sea rather than by land?
A
It was quicker and easier
B
Ships could carry more
C
All of the above
D
Turks controlled the Silk Road
10) Which of these was NOT a good Europeans wanted from Asia?
A
silk
B
spices
C
steel
D
tea
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