Chapter 1 Section3-5 Quiz

All of the following are Characteristics of the Bering Strait.

• Affected by the last Ice Age

• A land Bridge between Alaska and Asia

• The Earliest Americans arrived on it

• Columbus traveled on this stretch of land

The Middle Ages

• Period lasted from 500 BC to 1400 BC

• Law and order vanished and people lived in tiny Villages

• Trade Decline

• Crusades led to the decline

Renaissance

• increased trade and new technology led Europeans to Embark on overseas exploration.

• Helped pry western Europe out of centuries isolation

• Kings would give the estates to nobles

• All of these

This device used the position of the Sun to determine direction, Latitude, and local time.

• Caravel

• GPS

• Compass

• Astrolabe

The Compass shows which magnetic direction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Lanteen Sails

• Made it possible for ships to sail in shallow water

• Made it possible for ships to sail against the wind

• Made it possible for ships to sail long distances

• Made it possible for ships to sail in deep water

Caravel

• Is a small vessel created by Spain that was capable of carrying 110 ton

• Is a small vessel able to carry about 130 Tons and allowed for sailing in shallow water.

• First fleet of ships sailed by Columbus

• None of these

All of the following is true about Prince Henry the Navigator,, EXCEPT?

• First to sail around the world

• set up a center of astronomical and geographical studies

• Portuguese Explorer

• He help astronomers plan voyages of exploration

The Crusades Were??

• Expeditions launched by Pope Urban II that triggered a series of events that revolutionized European Society and encouraged a new desire for revolution

• Expeditions launched by the King and Queen of Spain to revolutionize and conquer native lands/

This Empire dominated much of Europe, imposing stable social and political order

• The Roman Empire

• The African Empire

• The Roman Catholic Church

• None of these