Grade 4 Explorers Test

What is a "cartographer"

• An explorer

• A person who makes carts

• A King

• A map maker

What does "economical" relate to

• Finances or Money

• Mapmaking

• Kings and Quens

• A type of ship

What is "scurvy"

• A type of spice found in Asia

• The name of a ship

• A sickness

• An adventure story

What is an adventure story called

• Navigation

• A fairy tale

• A saga

• A song

What is a "monarch"

• Kings and Queens

• A mapmaker

• How people studied stars

• An adventure story

What does "political" relate to

• The government

• A sickness

• Queens

• Exploration

Why did it take so long for Europeans to explore new lands?

• They didn't have maps

• They were scared of sea monsters

• Ships were slow and not built well

• All of the above are reasons why

Who was the first explorer to land in the Americas

• Leif Erikson

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• El Pollo Loco

The Viking settlement of Vinland is now called:

• New York

• Canada

• Italy

• Greenland

Why were Columbus's sailors ready to start a mutiny?

• They were "hangry"

• They were scared of Native Americans

• They didn't think Columbus had a good plan

• They were fighting over the piles of gold they found