The Age of Exploration
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The Age of Exploration
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This quiz comprehensively covers the Age of Exploration, a foundational topic in world history appropriate for grades 7-10. The questions assess students' understanding of key explorers like Vasco da Gama, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Columbus, along with their motivations and achievements. Students must demonstrate knowledge of crucial technological innovations that enabled exploration, including the compass, astrolabe, and caravel ship design. The quiz evaluates comprehension of major historical processes such as the Columbian Exchange, mercantilism, and the devastating impact of European diseases on indigenous populations. Students need to understand cause-and-effect relationships, recognize the "Gold, God, Glory" motivations driving European expansion, and grasp the global consequences of exploration including the Atlantic slave trade and Japan's isolationist response. The content requires factual recall combined with conceptual understanding of how exploration reshaped world geography, economics, and demographics. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying world history in grades 7-10. The assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a unit review to consolidate learning about exploration themes, a formative assessment to gauge student comprehension before summative evaluation, or homework practice to reinforce key concepts covered in class. Teachers can use this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before diving deeper into specific explorers or consequences of exploration. The question format makes it ideal for quick checks of understanding during instruction or as preparation for more comprehensive assessments. This content aligns with social studies standards NCSS.D2.His.1.6-12 and NCSS.D2.His.3.6-12, which emphasize analyzing historical context and examining the origins and impact of key historical developments like the Age of Exploration.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In 1497, who found a water route to Asia by rounding the tip of Africa and landing on India's southwest coast?
Henry the Navigator
Dias
Vasco da Gama
Columbus
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?
Steam Engine
Compass
Astrolabe
Rudder
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The art and science of map making is called:
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which navigational device invented by the Portuguese had a rudder, square and triangular sails, several masts, and could be used to travel close to the shore?
Caravel
Astrolabe
Frigate
Compass
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?
horses and major diseases
squash, pumpkins, and turkeys
cocoa and horses
cocoa and llamas
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which was traded from the New World to the Old World?
major diseases
horses
potatoes and corn
slaves
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