Twenty Explorers: Age of Exploration & VOCAB

Twenty Explorers: Age of Exploration & VOCAB

7th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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Twenty Explorers: Age of Exploration & VOCAB

Twenty Explorers: Age of Exploration & VOCAB

Assessment

Quiz

History

7th - 8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Claudia Padilla

Used 8+ times

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This explorer made a total of four voyages from 1492 - 1502 across the Atlantic Ocean, "discovered" a New World, America, and named the natives there, Indians.

John Cabot (England)

Christopher Columbus (Spain)

Ferdinand Magellan (Spain)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an ASTROLABE?

Another name for a mapmaker

group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland

A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon. (instrument used to determine latitude)

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A COLONY means

A group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland. Colony comes from the Latin word, colonia, meaning "settled land, farm."

A Spanish system that allowed colonists to demand labor from Native Americans (Spanish Plantations) OR land and native slaves given to Spanish rulers

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a CARTOGRAPHER?

a conquistador

a royal

a governor

a mapmaker

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ferdinand Magellan led the 1st expedition to circumnavigate the world. He was killed in a battle in the Philippines in 1521, so his crew finished the journey around the world. What did he or his crew accomplish?

Ferdinand Magellan led the 1st expedition to mapped the world.

Ferdinand Magellan led the 1st expedition to conquer the world.

Ferdinand Magellan led the 1st expedition to sail (completely) around the world.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A Conquistador is

An English pilgrim who settled in the Americas.

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas.

A mapmaker who worked for Prince Henry the Navigator.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An ECOMIENDA means

an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

a Spanish system that allowed colonists to demand labor from Native Americans (Spanish Plantations) OR land and native slaves given to Spanish rulers

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