7-1 Review Game

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. 

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• All of the above. 

Why 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

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• a Portuguese prince
• He 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

European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.

• gold, spices, and ships
• gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
• silver, pearls, and slaves
• slaves, navigators, and cartographers

This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?

• Robert La Salle
• Bartholomeu Diaz
• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan

Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.

• Africa
• New Netherland
• Canada
• New Zealand

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now _________ for France.

• the United States
• Mexico
• Cuba
• Canada

What word means having to do with farming?

• agricultural
• farmical
• growic
• aquamarine