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Ch.1 Geography & Technology
Ch.1 Geography & Technology
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Review continents, oceans, map skills, and technologies of exploration
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What was a new tool of navigation during the Age of Exploration?
latitude
astrolabe
constellations
gunpowder
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What are lines of latitude called?
parallels
meridians
lines of demarcation
tropic lines
3
What is Australia?
AB
B
BC
A
4
An object using position of stars and objects in the sky to figure out the ship’s latitude.
rudder
astrolabe
caravel
compass
5
What is Antarctica?
B
C
D
A
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Calculates the distance between two places on a map.
key
compass
map scale
legend
7
What tellswhat the colors, lines, and symbols on a map mean?
longitude
legend or key
latitude
compass rose
8
What does the shaded area of the map cover?
arctics
tropics
Eastern hemisphere
Northern hemisphere
9
Which instrument/invention was used for finding direction?
compass
rudder
astrolabe
caravel
10
Which bold line on the map shows the starting point of latitude?
Prime Meridian
North Pole
International Date Line
Equator
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What is A?
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
12
What is AC?
Africa
Pacific
South America
Asia
13
Which bold line shows the starting point of longitude?
International Date Line
Equator
North Pole
Prime Meridian
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What is AE?
Australia
Asia
South America
Europe
15
What is E?
South America
Atlantic
North America
Australia
16
What European country's caravel helped them be the
first
to travel to Asia by sea?
Portugal
Netherlands
England
Spain
17
What is AD?
Africa
South America
Australia
North America
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What is BC?
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
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People who make maps are called _____________.
projectors
cartographers
navigators
geographers
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What helped European explorers to dominate the natives in the New World?
Europeans had bows and arrows.
Europeans had gunpowder weapons.
Europeans had more soldiers.
Europeans knew the land better.
