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Early Explorers
Test Description: Unit Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which is NOT a reason explorers chose to go exploring?
A
glory
B
gold
C
religion
D
land
2) Why are spices so important to the Europeans?
A
It allowed chefs to try new recipes
B
It made food new and exciting.
C
It made spoiled food edible and made food taste better.
D
It was the new craze of the 1400s!
3) What continent did ships sailing from Europe to Asia have to travel around?
A
North America
B
Europe...duh!!
C
South America
D
Antarctica
4) Who was Sacagawea?
A
The wife of a French-Canadian fur trapper.
B
A mother of 4.
C
The wife of Christopher Columbus.
D
An Italian translator.
5) What did Marco Polo accomplish?
A
Traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
B
Wrote a book about navigating the seas and sailed around the world.
C
Helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition , exploring North America.
D
Was a Spanish conquistador that was greedy and cruel. In his search he discovered the Mississippi River.
6) What did Hernando de Soto do?
A
Was a Spanish conquistador that was greedy and cruel. In his search he discovered the Mississippi River.
B
Convinced the natives that the explorers came in peace.
C
Found Cibola, the legendary lost city of gold.
D
Traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
7) Christopher Columbus ...
A
died afer marrying Sacagawea.
B
died believing he found a new route through Africa.
C
died believing he found a new route to Asia.
D
died after he created Fortnite.
8) Who was Leif Erickson?
A
He was a Spanish conquistador that was greedy and cruel. In his search he discovered the Mississippi River.
B
He was the spokesperson for McDonalds.
C
He traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
D
He was a Viking from Greenland who brought settlers to what is now Canada.
9) Amerigo Vespucci discovered...
A
the New World of Antarctica.
B
elephants in Africa.
C
the New World was not part of Asia.
D
the New World including all 50 states.
10) Hernando de Soto was an explorer who
A
was a Spanish conquistador that was greedy and cruel. In his search he discovered the Mississippi River.
B
traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
C
was a Viking from Greenland who brought settlers to what is now Canada.
D
died believing he found a new route to Asia.
11) England was the country that sent most all of the explorers.
A
false
B
true
12) In the 1400s, sailors knew the world was round because they could see the curve of the Earth as they sailed the seas.
A
false
B
true
13) What is the Northwest Passage?
A
a sea route through South America
B
a Halloween event
C
a land route through Africa
D
a sea route through North America
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