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