7th Grade Test 1 Age of Exploration

Which term means Spanish conqueror?

• conquistador

• matador

• stevedor

• empire

Which term means moving streams of water that run through the ocean?

• waves

• current

• wind

• circumnavigate

Which term means circling of the globe?

• wind

• current

• line of demarcation

• circumnavigation

Which terms means movements of air?

• currents

• tides

• wind

• circumnavigate

What was the name for the imaginary line drawn by the Pope to settle disagreements between Portugal and Spain over settlement in the New World? The line stretched from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• circumnavigate

• line of demarcation

• empire

• prime meridian

Which term means a group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government?

• conquistador

• trading posts

• plantations

• empire

Ocean currents played an important role in early exploration. The best way European sailors learned to handle ocean currents was by _______.

• ignoring them

• riding with them

• staying within site of land

• avoiding them

Vasco da Gama found the first all-water route to Asia. What country did he sail for?

• Spain

• France

• the Netherlands

• Portugal

Which explorer laid the basis for Spanish claims in the Americas?

• Pedro Alvarez Cabral

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Christopher Columubs

• Hernando Cortes

The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan was the first to _____.

• round the tip of Africa

• circumnavigate the globe

• bring enslaved Africans to Europe

• reach the America