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Which is NOT a reason explorers chose to go exploring?
a) glory
b) gold
c) land
d) religion
Why are spices so important to the Europeans?
a) It made spoiled food edible and made food taste better.
b) It allowed chefs to try new recipes
c) It made food new and exciting.
d) It was the new craze of the 1400s!
What continent did ships sailing from Europe to Asia have to travel around?
a) North America
b) South America
c) Antarctica
d) Europe...duh!!
Who was Sacagawea?
a) A mother of 4.
b) An Italian translator.
c) The wife of Christopher Columbus.
d) The wife of a French-Canadian fur trapper.
What did Marco Polo accomplish?
a) Wrote a book about navigating the seas and sailed around the world.
b) Traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
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.
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) Traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
c) Convinced the natives that the explorers came in peace.
d) Found Cibola, the legendary lost city of gold.
Christopher Columbus ...
a) died after he created Fortnite.
b) died afer marrying Sacagawea.
c) died believing he found a new route to Asia.
d) died believing he found a new route through Africa.
Who was Leif Erickson?
a) He was a Viking from Greenland who brought settlers to what is now Canada.
b) He traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
c) He was a Spanish conquistador that was greedy and cruel. In his search he discovered the Mississippi River.
d) He was the spokesperson for McDonalds.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered...
a) the New World including all 50 states.
b) the New World of Antarctica.
c) elephants in Africa.
d) the New World was not part of Asia.
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) died believing he found a new route to Asia.
c) traveled to China with his father and explored for 24 years. Wrote a book about what he saw.
d) was a Viking from Greenland who brought settlers to what is now Canada.
England was the country that sent most all of the explorers.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
In the 1400s, sailors knew the world was round because they could see the curve of the Earth as they sailed the seas.
a) true
b) false
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d)
What is the Northwest Passage?
a) a land route through Africa
b) a sea route through South America
c) a sea route through North America
d) a Halloween event
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