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Unit 2 - Explorers Test
Test Description: Explorers Unit
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) During the 1400 - 1600s, these people were sent out to explore new lands.
A
artifacts
B
compass
C
explorers
D
scurvy
2) A device that helped explorers know which direction they were sailing in.
A
natives
B
compass
C
explorers
D
Age of Exploration
3) The first people to live in North America.
A
Age of Exploration
B
natives
C
scurvy
D
artifacts
4) A time in history when Europeans learned about new lands and waterways on the Earth.
A
artifacts
B
compass
C
explorers
D
Age of Exploration
5) Items that have been found and put into a museum from the explorers in the 1400s.
A
artifacts
B
explorers
C
compass
D
scurvy
6) An illness caused by a lack of nutrients in the body.
A
natives
B
explorers
C
scurvy
D
compass
7) What is the name of the continent that started the Age of Exploration?
A
Spain
B
Asia
C
North America
D
Europe
8) What important resource did Europeans trade guns and weapons for in the New World?
A
gold
B
buffalo hides
C
beaver furs
D
squirrels
9) This early settlement was known as The Lost Colony and it remains a mystery what really happened to all the colonists there.
A
Roanoke
B
Brandon
C
Jamestown
D
Plymouth
10) This colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
A
Roanoke
B
Jamestown
C
Pylmouth
D
Brandon
11) This colony was settled by the pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower and this was where the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in our country.
A
Brandon
B
Jamestown
C
Plymouth
D
Roanoke
12) Where is the explorer, Jacques Cartier explore for and what place did he discover?
A
France --- New York Harbor
B
England, Netherlands --- Hudson River
C
Spain --- The Caribbean Islands
D
France --- St. Lawrence River
13) Where is the explorer, Christopher Columbus explore for and what place did he discover?
A
France --- St. Lawrence River
B
Spain --- The Caribbean Islands
C
France --- Lake Champlain
D
France --- New York Harbor
14) Where is the explorer, Henry Hudson explore for and what place did he discover?
A
Spain --- The Caribbean Islands
B
England, Netherlands --- Hudson River
C
France --- Lake Champlain
D
France --- St. Lawrence River
15) Where is the explorer, Samuel de Champlain explore for and what place did he discover?
A
Spain --- The Caribbean Islands
B
England, Netherlands --- Hudson River
C
France --- Lake Champlain
D
France --- New York Harbor
16) Where is the explorer, Giovanni de Verrazzano explore for and what place did he discover?
A
Spain --- The Caribbean Islands
B
France --- St. Lawrence River
C
France --- Lake Champlain
D
France --- New York Harbor
17) Name the 4 main countries where explorers came from during the Age of Exploration.
A
England, South Dakota, Asia, India
B
England, Spain, Netherlands, France
C
Spain, Maine, Italy, Montana
D
Europe, Spain, Netherlands, India
18) Reasons for the Age of Exploration --- What were explorers looking for?
A
Trade with other countries, Spices, Other explorers, and ships
B
Quicker route of Asia, Riches, squirrels, and ships
C
Spices, Riches, Trade with other countries, and quicker route to Asia
D
peanuts, popcorn and cotton candy
19) What skills did an explorer need to have in order to be successful?
A
write, use a compass, read a map, and be able swim
B
write, use a compass, understand the weather, and eat very little food
C
write, use a compass, understand the weather, and read a map
D
write, use a compass, smell funny, and read a map
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