SS Ch. 3 A Time of Exploration Test A

Many years before Europeans arrived in the Americas, some groups of Native Americans had established powerful ____.

• tribes

• fleets of ships

• empires

• trade agreements with China

A compass and an astrolabe are kinds of ____ sailors used to determine their location at sea.

• construction tools

• navigational tools

• books

• telescopes

The Portuguese explorer _____ was the first to sail around the world.

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Vespucci

• Cabral

What groups of people rules an empire in South America?

• the Tainos

• the Incas

• the Aztecs

• the Soninkes

Who invented a new way to print books?

• Marco Polo

• Machu Picchu

• Zheng He

• Johannes Gutenberg

Why was Prince Henry of Portugal known as the Navigator?

• He acted as a ship's navigator for Bartolemeu Dias.

• He set up a school to train sailors in navigation.

• He invented the chronometer.

• He wrote a book about his travels to Asia.

Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain?

• to find a new route to Asia

• to discover the Ocean Sea

• to conquer the Aztecs

• because of the Reconquista

Who was the first leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Giovanni Caboto

An agreement between nations about peace, trade or other matters is called___.

• a claim

• a demarcation

• a treaty

• an encounter

Why did Indians help Hernando Cortes fight the Aztecs?

• They wanted his Spanish horses.

• They thought Cortes was a god.

• Cortes offered to pay them in gold.

• They were unhappy with the Aztec rule.