Explores Test Review

According to sagas, who were probably the first Europeans to sail to North America? 

• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Christopher Columbus
• Vikings

What was the original reason the European explorers that traveled to North America? 

• They were trying to find plants to use as medicine
• They were in need of additional land to ease overcrowding. 
• They were trying to find an alternative route to Asia for trade.
• They were missionaries spreading Christianity to the world. 

What did Prince Henry’s sailors learn to use that helped them navigate in open seas? 

• an hour glass to tell time
• the stern of the ship
• a compass and the astrolabe         
• a radio

How did these inventions encourage exploration?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which Spanish explorer came through this area and was the first European to reach the Mississippi River?

• Hernando Cortes
• Robert La Salle
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernando de Soto

In the 1400’s how were European explorers and traders able to travel farther and faster?  

• They studied the learning’s of Greece and Rome. 
• The Silk Road became safer.          
• They were improvements in the design of the ship   called the caravel. 
• There was more freedom. 

When Columbus landed in the Americas, what did he think he had reached?

• England
• East Indies
• Mexico
• Spain

What would be a good title for this chart?

• A
• B
• C
• D

For which country did La Salle claim the entire Mississippi River Valley? 

• England
• Spain
• France
• Netherlands

What was the name of all the water route to Asia through the New World that Henry Hudson was looking for?

• Atlantic Ocean Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Asian Passage
• Water Passage