Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans wanted to find a sea route
to Asia?
a. | Need for spices | c. | Overcrowding in large cities | b. | Wish to spread
Christianity | d. | Shortage of
silver and gold |
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Prince Henry of Portugal was known as "the Navigator" because
a. | he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. | b. | he invented the compass to improve
navigation. | c. | he set up a school where experts taught Portuguese sailors. | d. | he led the first
Portuguese expedition around Africa. |
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Where did the first Portuguese explorers travel?
a. | Through the Red Sea | c. | Down the west coast of Africa | b. | Westward across the
Atlantic | d. | Northward to
Britain |
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Which explorer led the first round-trip voyage to India?
a. | Christopher Columbus | c. | Vasco da Gama | b. | Giovanni da Verrazano | d. | Hernando de
Soto |
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The area that Columbus actually explored included present-day
a. | Florida and the Gulf Coast. | c. | India and
Arabia. | b. | New York and New England. | d. | Cuba and the Bahamas. |
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How did Pope Alexander VI's line of demarcation divide the non-Christian
parts of the world?
a. | Equally among all the European nations | b. | West of the line to Spain and lands east to
Portugal | c. | Between the Catholic and Protestant countries in Europe | d. | The south to Spain,
the north to Portugal |
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The Spanish conquistadores led by Cortes conquered
a. | the Aztecs of Mexico. | c. | French settlements in Canada. | b. | the Inca Empire in
Peru. | d. | Muslim towns in
Africa. |
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French claims to land in eastern Canada were based on the explorations made
by
a. | Giovanni da Verrazano. | c. | Jacques Cartier. | b. | Sir Martin Frobisher. | d. | Henry Hudson. |
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The original goal of European explorers in North America was
a. | conquest of Indian empires. | c. | trade with Native
Americans. | b. | a northwest passage to Asia. | d. | land for
colonies. |
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____ led to the great age of discovery in the 1400s.
a. | Better ships and equipment | c. | The search for new trade
routes | b. | Silk, spices, and precious metals | d. | Fewer wars over
religion |
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Portuguese explorers had gone part way down the west coast of ____ when Prince
Henry died.
a. | Italy | c. | India | b. | North America | d. | Africa |
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Educated people of the time believed the earth was round, but the voyage of ____
actually proved it.
a. | Magellan | c. | Verrazano | b. | Columbus | d. | da Gama |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Bartolomeu Dias | f. | Verrazano | b. | caravel | g. | Ponce de Leon | c. | Henry the
Navigator | h. | Henry
Hudson | d. | Magellan | i. | conquistadores | e. | Cape of Good Hope | j. | astrolabe |
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Portuguese sea captain whose expedition made the first round-the-world
trip
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Spanish soldiers who conquered the Americas
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Portuguese prince who encouraged exploration
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Fast-sailing ship built in Portugal
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Spanish soldier who explored Florida
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Italian navigator who explored coast of North America for the French
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Portuguese captain who first sailed around Africa
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Short Answer
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20.
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How are today's astronauts like the explorers of the 1400s? How are they
different?
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