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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is an astrolabe?A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.A small, fast ship.A tool that shows which direction is North.None of the above. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Europeans want spices from Asia?Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incenses.all of the above
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?a passage to India by landa way to the South Polea new trade route to India by seaa new school in Portugal
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho was Prince Henry the Navigator?a Portuguese princeHe helped start European exploration and trade.He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.all of the above
- 5. Multiple ChoiceEuropean explorers were sent to the New World for ______.gold, spices, and shipsgold, land, and to convert native people to Christianitysilver, pearls, and slavesslaves, navigators, and cartographers
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThis Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?Robert La SalleBartholomeu DiazHenry HudsonFerdinand Magellan
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat word means having to do with farming?agriculturalfarmicalgrowicaquamarine
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?Francisco PizarroChristopher ColumbusHenry HudsonVasco de Gama
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did explorers come to America?They wanted to spread Christianity.They wanted to gain new knowledge.They wanted to expand and claim land.All of the above.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a magnetic compass?A small, fast ship.A tool that shows which direction is North.A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.None of the above.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best completes the diagram above?Explorers did not want to find a new trade route to Asia.Christianity was introduced to the New World.Florida was claimed by Spain.Trade between Europe and the New World increased.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most likely reason European countries wanted to establish colonies in the New World?Colonies would firmly establish their presence in the New World.Colonies would keep other European countries from trying to claim the land.Colonies would keep problems with American Indians in the area to a minimum.all of the above
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich conquistador conquered the Aztecs?Ponce de LeonHernando de SotoHernan CortesFrancisco Coronado
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTo go all the way around the Earth by ship or plane is to...circumnavigateequatelatitudinatecirculate
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?a passage to India by landa way to the South Polea new trade route to India by seaa new school in Portugal
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the world "converting" mean in this sentence? "And they worked on converting the Indians to Christianity."continuing in their beliefschanging from one belief to anotherwriting new beliefsmoving to a new place
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat difficulties did early explorers face during the Age of Discovery?inaccurate mapsbad weatherdiseaseall of the above
- 18. Multiple ChoiceSpanish explorers searching for gold and glory in the Americas during the 1500s were known as what?MercantilismRenaissanceConquistadorAstrolabe
- 19. Multiple ChoiceExplorers could determine their latitude while at sea by using the stars. What device could accomplish this?CompassGPS DeviceThree-Masted CaravelAstrolabe
- 20. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Middle Ages, Europeans did not eat potatoes or corn because these vegetables...were forbidden by the Catholic Church for religious reasonshad not yet been introduced in Europe from the New Worldwere believed to be poisonouswere too expense to import from China
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimated at 25 million; the population in 1608 has been at 1.7 million. This decrease in population was mainly a result of...crop failures brought on by poor weather conditionsemigration of Native Americans to Europe and Africawars between various native groupsdiseases introduced by the Spanish.
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