Exploration Review

Select the three reasons the Spanish left to explore the world.

• Land

• Crops

• Resources

• Wealth

Which term from our lesson means: the act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

• visiting

• immigration

• moving

• relocating

Which group of European explorers sailed west across the Atlantic from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden?

• Vikings

• Dutch

• Columbus

• French

Why did the Vikings explore?

• To find new animal species

• For land and goods to trade

• To learn about outer space

• To find mountains and jungles

What were the French explorers looking for when they sailed for North America?

• A route to India

• Religious freedom

• Valuable farmland

• New cultures

Why were taller wooden sailing ships better for trade?

• They could sail through shallow water.

• They had more room for goods.

• They were easier to navigate.

• They were rowed with oars.

Which group explored the North Atlantic Ocean near their homeland between 700 CE and 1100 CE?

• French

• Spanish

• English

• Vikings

What is navigation?

• a wider, open-roofed wooden ship

• a type of low, open-roofed wooden ship

• a tool used to determine the angle of the sun or stars above the horizon

• the act of working out the location of something and the route to get there

What technology allowed Vikings to travel when there wasn't any wind?

• Oars

• Astrolabe

• Multiple sails

• Navigational devices

How did the Vikings navigate?

• using a compass

• using maps and GPS

• following the sun and stars

• following signs posted along the coast