SW Week 7

SW Week 7

By Rachel Ferneau

Multiple Choice

What does GPS stand for?

• guiding positioning system

• global positioning system

• global position setup

• guiding place setup

Multiple Choice

Antonio Pigafetta’s writing is an example of a __________________.  

• biography

• journal entry

• secondary source

• primary source

Multiple Choice

ow many days did it take Magellan’s crew to complete their journey?

• 23

• 132

• 1081

• 500

Multiple Choice

Lines of latitude run _____________, and lines of longitude run _____________.

• north to south; east to west

• north to east; west to south

• east to west; north to south

• south to east; north to west

Multiple Choice

Which explorer, pictured here, used astronomy to help guide his journeys?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Pigafetta

• Magellan

• da Gama

Multiple Choice

Whose journal survived going all the way around the world?

• Antonio Pigafetta

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando de Soto

Multiple Choice

Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?

• Philippines

• Africa

• South America

• India

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the bold, black line pictured on the map?

• latitude

• prime meridian

• equator

• longitude

Multiple Select

Vasco de Gama was a famous Portuguese sailor who helped connect continents of the world via trade.

Select the facts below that you know to be true about de Gama, based on this week's Studies Weekly:

• followed Henry the Navigator's route away from Portugal

• navigated the open sea with his knowledge of astronomy

• followed Hernando de Soto's route away from Portugal

• opened an important spice trade route between Europe and India

Multiple Choice

Magellan was actually the first person to circumnavigate the globe

• TRUE

• FALSE