Exploration Progress Check

Exploration Progress Check

8th Grade

19 Qs

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Exploration Progress Check

Exploration Progress Check

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reasons for European Exploration:

1. To find sea routes to India and China

2. To find gold, silver, and other treasure

3. ?

Which reason best completes this list?

To spread democratic ideals

To improve efficiency in manufacturing

To locate potential military allies

To claim new territory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What famous Italian explorer who sailed for Spain thought that if he sailed west he could sail directly to China and India?

Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
Henry Hudson
Hernando Cortes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Portugal impact the world during the Age of Exploration?

It was the first country to transport diseases to the major tribes in both North and South America.
It was the first country to create a Northwest Passage route from Portugal to India.
It was the first to send explorers to map the entire coast of North and South America.
It was the first to send sailors exploring for an all water route to Asia. This inspired other European countries to do the same thing.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which list represents the major countries that took part in the Age of Exploration?

China, India, the Netherlands, and France
Spain, Columbia, Mexico, and Portugal
Spain, Portugal, France, and England
Germany, Spain, Portugal, and England

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. English colonists came to the Americas looking for religious freedom

2. Jamestown was established to make money for commercial profit

3. The Mayflower Compact and Virginia House of Burgesses were created

All the events listed above occurred during

the era of Westward Expansion

the Era of Good Feelings

the Colonization era

the Jacksonian era

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From 1607 to 1609, only 60 of more than 900 Jamestown colonists survived. One reason for the low survival rate was that -

the colonists were attacked by Spanish explorers

the swampy location caused disease to spread

black bears attacked the settlement

the punishment for all criminal offenses was execution

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which settlement was founded in 1607 and was successful because of its fertile soil, abundant game, and abundant timber?

Jamestown

Roanoke

Georgia

Plymouth

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