Explorers Review

Question 1

When Columbus landed in the Americas, corn, potatoes, peanuts, & squash were introduced where?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 2

The path shown above is most likely the route of which explorer?

Accepted Answer

Hernando de Soto

Question 3

This man led the first voyage that circled (circumnavigated) the earth.

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 4

Who was the first explorer to sail to North America, but did not settle permanently?

Accepted Answer

Lief Erickson

Question 5

Why did explorers want to find new routes to Asia?

Accepted Answer

So they could easily trade items such as tea, gold, & spices

Question 6

What major changes in technology set the stage for European exploration?

Accepted Answer

better sailing ships

Question 7

The exchange of plant and animal life between the Old World and the New World was called what?

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 8

What is cartography?

Accepted Answer

The art of mapmaking

Question 9

Hernando de Soto was a conquistador who claimed much of the American southeast for what country

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 10

The map above shows the route of the first voyage around the world. Which man led the voyage?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 11

What is a caravel?

Accepted Answer

a faster sailing ship with triangular sails

Question 12

What does circumnavigate mean?

Accepted Answer

to travel all the way around the world

Question 13

What was John Cabot attempting to prove on his expedition?

Accepted Answer

There was a Northwest Passage, a quicker route to the East.

Question 14

Viking Explorer, Established the Viking settlement Vineland, First to discover North America

Accepted Answer

Lief Erickson

Question 15

What man was chiefly responsible for the age of exploration in Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 16

What did the Astrolabe do?

Accepted Answer

determined latitude based on distance from equator

Question 17

Several landmarks in New York, including a bridge, bay, and river are named for this explorer.

Accepted Answer

Henry Hudson

Question 18

What was one very negative result of the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

diseases

Question 19

Which hemisphere is the New World in?

Accepted Answer

Western Hemisphere

Question 20

List three things that motivated exploration of the New World.

Accepted Answer

Politics, Economics, Technology

Question 21

What animals did conquistadors take to the New World that changed Native American culture?

Accepted Answer

horses

Question 22

Why were European countries in the 15th century funding trips to sea?

Accepted Answer

Traders wanted a shorter route to India & the Spice Islands

Question 23

The magnetic compass tells us what?

Accepted Answer

what direction we are going (N,E,S,W)

Question 24

This French explorer claimed the Mississippi River valley(the territory of Louisiana)for France

Accepted Answer

Robert la Salle

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