Unit 5 Age Of Exploration Review Question Preview (ID: 48907)
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To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from
a) Artifacts
b) Books
c) Interviews
d) Videos
Sailors used astrolabes to tell
a) Direction
b) Latitude
c) Speed
d) Time
The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to
a) Africa
b) America
c) Asia
d) Europe
New World was a name given to the Americas by
a) Spice traders
b) shipbuilders
c) American Indians
d) European Explorers
Why did explorers plant flags?
a) to teach christianity
b) to help American Indians
c) To find their way back again
d) to claim land for their country
Why was gold important to explorers?
a) They used gold in their food
b) They made weapons out of gold
c) they measured wealth in gold
d) they used gold to repair tools
What religious goal inspired many European explorers
a) To visit holy sites
b) to live in poverty
c) to spread their beliefs
d) to learn about other faiths
Which foods came from America?
a) wheat and rice
b) apples and pears
c) lettuce and cabbage
d) potatoes and tobacco
What do farmers do with a cash crop?
a) sell it for money
b) feed it to animals
c) eat it
d) freeze it for winter
Which of the following would an archaeologist study?
a) cash crops
b) sunken ships
c) natural disasters
d) plants and animals
The magnetic needle on a compass always points which direction?
a) east
b) north
c) south
d) west
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were rulers of what country?
a) England
b) France
c) Spain
d) Portugal
Which of the following is an example of a new food for the Americas?
a) corn
b) turnips
c) wheat
d) all of the above
Europeans wanted ________ and _________ from Asia
a) gold and silver
b) gold and spices
c) spices and silver
d) spices and silk
What cash crop did Native Americans use for religious and peacekeeping ceremonies?
a) chocolate
b) tobacco
c) corn
d) potatoes
Hernan Cortes fought against
a) the Aztecs
b) the Seminoles
c) the Incas
d) the Mayas
Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?
a) they were forced to work as slaves in mines
b) they got tired of giving European settlers free food
c) they had no technology like gun powder or swords
d) they had no protection in their immune system
Where did Columbus intend to go when he sailed west from Spain in 1492
a) the East Indies (Asia)
b) Africa
c) Portugal
d) Cuba
In what year did Christopher Columbus first set sail for the New World?
a) 1506
b) 1610
c) 1492
d) 1456
Which explorer was NOT sponsored by Spain?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Juan Ponce de Leon
c) John Cabot
d) Hernan Cortes
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