Explorers Test

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Who traveled to America in 1492?

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Christopher Columbus

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Who discovered America before Christopher Columbus?

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The Vikings

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What is an explorer?

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A person who travels and searches for new places.

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Why did Europeans start exploring?

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to find a shorter route to Asia

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Which of the following was a MOTIVE for exploration by the Europeans? to make friends with Native Americans, to help each other mine for gold and silver, to build a better army for their country, to make their country richer and more powerful than others

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to make their country richer and more powerful than others

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What is a monarch?

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A ruler of a country

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Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted: silk, spices, and gold.

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silk, spices, and gold.

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While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus's sailors ready for mutiny?

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They didn't think Columbus had a good plan.

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How did countries claim land in the days of exploration? Options: They wrote a letter to the king. They put their country flag in it and declared it theirs. They fought for it. They paid the Native Americans rent.

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They put their country flag in it and declared it theirs.

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Which of the following is true about Marco Polo? Options: He spent all of his life in China., His book created new interest in Asia and inspired mapmakers and explorers., He was killed on the Silk Road., He found the first all-water route to Asia.

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His book created new interest in Asia and inspired mapmakers and explorers.