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