Explorers Test

Circumnavigating the world means

• visiting at least 100 different countries
• sailing completely around the world
• exploring an area for the first time
• exchanging good with native people

A tool that helped make navigation easier and more accurate was 

• the astrolabe
• the compass
• the globe
• both the astrolabe and compass

The water route which Marco Polo followed to return to Italy was known as 

• Spice Route
• Northwest Passage
• Strait of Magellan
• Silk Road

A merchant is 

• a sailor who explores new lands
• someone who buys and sells goods to make money
• an explorer who is chosen by the king of a country
• a teacher of navigation

Chinese inventions that Marco Polo saw during his travels included 

• paper
• gunpowder
• printing
• All of These

The several land routes which Marco Polo traveled between Europe and China is known as 

• the Spice Route
• the Northwest Passage
• Silk Road
• the Gobi Desert

Conquistador is the Spanish word for 

• leader
• a gold statue
• conquerer
• horse

The Northwest Passage was the name of 

• a waterway across North America that would be a shortcut from Europe to Asia
• a land bridge between North America and Asia
• a route that went around Cape Horn
• a river in Canada

A disease that made life difficult and often killed sailors was 

• influenza
• scurvy
• chicken pox
• measles

He was a merchant who traveled to China with his uncle and father.

• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes
• Vasco da Gama