Early Explorers Review

The ______ was the first road that connected Europe to Asia. 

• Silk Road
• Highway 1
• Northwest Passage
• Columbian Exchange

Why did Marco Polo travel to China?

• to create the Silk Road
• to visit the emperor and work for him
• to trade goods
• for a vacation

Where did the Vikings travel to and settle briefly?

• Greenland
• Europe
• Spain
• China

Columbus gets credit for discovering America but ______ was the first European to land in North America.

• Hernando deSoto

• Marco Polo

• Leif Ericsson

• John Cabot

this device helped find the latitude by looking at the position of the stars. it is circular and often made of metal.

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Cross Staff

• Magnetic Compass

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa 

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Prince Henry the Naviagtor
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Bartolomeu Dias 

Who was the Viking that began a small settlement in northeastern Canada called Vinland?

• Leif Ericsson

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

one way in which the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai were similar was that they

• benefited from the gold-salt trade
• directly controlled gold mines
• adopted Islam as the religion of their subjects
• improved their military strength with the use of gunpowder

Salt is needed because...

• It makes food taste better
• It dries and preserves food
• Livestock and humans need it to stay alive
• All of the above

How did Ghana become so wealthy?

• big business
• center of trade route
• colonies
• television