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Age of Exploration

Authored by Chelsea McCain

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9th - 12th Grade

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Age of Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

Grace
Glory
Greed
Glaciers

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Europeans wanted to find which of the following to expand trade with the East 

precious metals
water
fur
lumber

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

From whom did the Europeans acquire technology?

French
Africans
Arabs
Indians

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The art and science of map making is called:

cartography
mapography
quilting
mapology

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

compass
caravel
astrolabe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

navigation ship
caravel
astrolabe
compass

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

Prince Henry the Navigator
Queen Isabella
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan 

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