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Expansion and Exploration

Authored by Dawn Flax

History

9th - 12th Grade

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Expansion and Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tool was NOT used to help navigate the seas?

astrolabe
sextant
compass
protractor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

European expansion was driven by

wealth, religion and ambition.
religion, fear, political ambition.
fear, wealth, religion.
fear, religion, politics.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 gave Spain control of almost all of 

the Americas.
Asia.
Africa.
Europe.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To circumnavigate the globe means

one complete trip around the world.
explore one section of the world.
starting at one point and ending  at point across the globe.
navigating using the positions of stars and planets.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first explorer to reach the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern tip of Africa was

Vasco de Gama.

Bartholomeu Dias.

Christopher Columbos.

Ferdinand Megallan.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Aztec rulers of Mexico fought against the forces of

Bartholomeu Dias.

Pedro Cabral.

Hernan Cortes.

Francisco Pizarro.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some Native American helped Cortés because they

resented paying tribute to Aztec emperor Montezuma II.

had been converted to Christianity.

resented paying tribute to the Inca emperor Atahualpa.

had intermarried with Spanish explorers.

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