Exploration/Colonization

Exploration/Colonization

8th Grade

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35 Qs

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Exploration/Colonization

Exploration/Colonization

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

Spain

England

Italy

Portugal

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How did the printing press impact exploration?

It allowed people to travel against the wind.

It allowed people to take pictures of the journeys they had traveled

It made books more expensive

The printing press allowed more people to learn to read and want to explore.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the benefit of the ship in this picture?

It allowed explorers to be able to sail into the wind
It always pointed North
It could travel faster than all other ships
It had more cargo room

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What's the historical significance of the beaver during the Age of Exploration?

Native Americans suffered as they lost the beaver as a source of food
French explorers traded heavily with Native Americans for beaver hides to make money
Spaniards killed off much of the beaver population for damaging buildings around their colonies
Beavers were brought over to the New World where they took over local waterways

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the name of the tool that allowed explorers to determine their position north and south?

Astrolabe
Magnetic compass
Caravel
navigator's level

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the primary killer of Natvie Americans during the Age of Exploration?

Diseasese

Foreign plants in their forests

Warfare

Poverty

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the significance of the Columbian Exchange? 

It brought many new ways of life to the Old and New Worlds
The plants brought to the Old World didn't survive there
Many Native Americans would move to Europe for a better way of life
Native Americans became very wealthy off the trade with Europeans

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