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Age of Exploration
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1
The North Star and the Big Dipper helped sailors know where North is...
False
True
2
Which is a reason why explorers set sail?
Religion, Science, and Spices
all the above
New routes & Land
Challenge & Trade
3
This Aztec image shows a main cause of Native American deaths after 1st contact was because of
slavery
being trampled by animals
diseases like smallpox
gunpowder weapons
4
European exploration in the 15th-16th centuries started during which historical period?
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Roman Imperial Period
Classical Era
5
Which is NOT a tool most likely used by sailors while they were sailing?
Dead Reckoning
Magnetic Compass
thermometer
Ravens
6
Based on the chart, which food would have been NEW for Europeans in the age of exploration?
Sugar
Beef from cattle
Corn
Wheat
7
Bonus-True or False: Columbus was the FIRST person to discover that the world was round?
True
False
8
This early image of 1st contact shows that Columbus was
MOST
interested in
Enslaving Native American peoples
Spreading Catholicism to North America
Getting gold and other luxury products
Proving the world was round
9
Christopher Columbus was looking for riches
True
False
10
What did the King want Cabral to establish?
New ship yard
Land
trading ports for Portugal
Schools
11
Pedro Alvares Cabral was a Portuguese Explorer who was the first european to find Brazil
True
False
12
Using the North Star and the Big Dipper while sailing is called
Ravens
Magnetic Compass
Latitude and Longitude
Motion of Stars
13
Which of these vocabulary terms describes the type of ship that early explorers used?
Cartographer
Caravel
Conquistador
Circumnavigation
14
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who funded the voyages of Columbus ruled the nation of
England
Portugal
France
Spain
15
Bonus: True or False: Columbus was the FIRST person to discover the Americas?
True
False
16
The voyage of Christopher Columbus started the colonization of America
False
True
17
The countries of Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas to do what?
Move the line of demarcation
To increase more military power
Allow more waters to be explored
Move the line of demarcation
18
Portugal started the Age of Exploration to
Prove the world wasn't flat
Make an alliance with China
Find a route to North America
Create a new trade route to Asia
19
Cabral traded with the natives in Brazil?
True
False
20
Which of the following was
NOT
a reason that Europeans explored during the Renaissance?
God-Europe wanted to spread Christianity
Glory-Europe's Renaissance Man wanted fame
Goods-Europe wanted gold and luxury products
Germs-Europe wanted to spread their diseases to others
21
Which is NOT one of the three ships Columbus set sail on?
Speedwell
Santa Maria
Nina
Pinta
22
When Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas he thought he made it to...
Europe
Australia
Asia
Africa
23
Ravens are birds that sailors would release to determine if land was near...
False
True
