Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

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Aaron Grant

History

7th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.
Grace
Glory
Greed

Gambling

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
Asia
Africa
The north pole
California

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)
Balboa
Cabot
Magellan
De Soto

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which European country did NOT claim territory in North America?

Spain

Italy

England

France

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In 1488, this Portuguese Explorer was the first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa)

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Bartolomeu Dias

Vasco Da Gama

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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This Portuguese sailor was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India by sea.

Sir Edmund Allenby

Sir Francis Drake

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Vasco Da Gama

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