Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

7th - 10th Grade

36 Qs

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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

Assessment

Quiz

History

7th - 10th Grade

Easy

Created by

Nicole Beahan

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36 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why didn't people travel during the Middle Ages?
It wasn't safe to travel.
Europeans didn't know what existed outside their lands.
Little learning prevented people's curiosity of finding new ways of doing things.
All of these options

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

series of wars during the Middle Ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Reformation
Crusades
Renaissance
Dark Ages

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Crusades spark Europeans to start to explore more?

Crusaders came back with new products from the Middle East that Europeans never had before and wanted more

Crusaders came back with new products from Africa that Europeans never had before and wanted more

Crusaders wanted to spread Christianity to Asia

Crusaders wanted to establish a trade route from Europe to Africa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Period in European history lasting from the 14th to the 16th century that encouraged a renewed interest in learning and a new renewed curiosity of the world.

Renaissance

Crusades

Dark Ages

Reformation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the MAIN reason for the Age of Exploration to start?

To find better routes to Asia to buy spices

To find new land

To find new people

For religious freedom

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

Asia

Africa

Australia

Caribbean

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

Compass

Caravel

Astrolabe

Improved Maps

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