Exploration Review

Exploration Review

8th Grade

21 Qs

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Exploration Review

Exploration Review

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the first Europeans to settle in North America?

The Portuguese

The Spanish

The Vikings

The British

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Leif Eriksson?

A viking who made it to North America

The first Portuguese explorer to sail around the tip of South Africa

One of Columbus' crewmen

The king of the Inca empire

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False? Prince Henry the Navigator led a few explorations himself

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the early leaders in European Exploration?

The Spanish

The British

The French

The Portuguese

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Check all of the reasons for early European exploration

They wanted spices from Asia

They wanted to learn more about Asian culture

They wanted to prove theories about the Earth being round

They wanted to covert people to Christianity

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was to chart a ship’s location based on the position of the stars

Astrolabe

Caravel

New Magnetic Compass

Observatories built by Henry the Navigator

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the new caravel beneficial to exploration?

It was easier to steer

It had square sails that worked better with the wind

It was easier to use the magnetic compass and tell which was was North

The caravels were never used in exploration

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