Studies Weekly - Week 07 - Early Exploration

What country was Henry the Navigator From?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

What does GPS stand for?

• Grape Pickle Smoothie

• Guacamole Pear Sandwich

• Great Panther Statue

• Global Positioning System

What does circumnavigate mean?

• To go around the world

• To travel to India

• To draw circles on a map

• To spin and walk at the same time

Who is credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the earth? (but he really didn't)

• Vasco de Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry the Cricumnavigator

What does Marooned mean?

• When somebody covers you in maroon paint

• stranded

• don't pick this one

• to provide silly answers on a quiz to make students laugh

A document, photo, artifact, artwork, or piece of literature that was created during or right after a historic event is a...

• secondary source

• primary source

• tertiary source

• sorcerer's stone

Who was known as "The Admiral of the Indian Ocean"?

• John Cabot

• Giovanni Caboto

• Vasco de Gama

• Captain Jack Sparrow

Scurvy is...

• A disease due to lack of Vitamin A

• A disease due to lack of Vitamin B12

• A disease due to lack of Vitamin C

• A disease due to lack of Vitamin D

Imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator are lines of...

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Gratitude

• Longview

Lines that are also known as meridians

• Line of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• Lines in Disneyland are ridiculously long

• Line segments (c'mon, this is a math term, please don't pick this)