It was first used in China as a means of knowing one’s fortune, it was later introduced to Europe as a device to find directions.
Colonialism

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Astrolabe
Compass
Caravel
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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An astronomical instrument used to measure the altitude of the sun or star from the horizon, to determine the distance of latitude from the equator.
Astrolabe
Compass
Caravel
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
It is the type of sailing ship used by the Portuguese in traveling to Africa.
Astrolabe
Compass
Caravel
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Pope Alexander VI issues this papal bull or decree, in which he authorizes Spain and Portugal to colonize the Americas and its Native peoples as subjects. The decree asserts the rights of Spain and Portugal to colonize, convert, and enslave.
Treaty of Tordisillas
Inter Caetera
Sanduguan
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Signed in Tordesillas, Spain on 7 June 1494, and authenticated in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.
Inter Caetera
Independance Day
The Treaty of Tordesillas
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The reasons behind Spain's conquest of the Philippines.
God
Gold
Glory
Friendship
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Americans get a day off work on October 10 to celebrate this Day. It's an annual holiday that commemorates the day on October 12, 1492, when this Italian explorer officially set foot in the Americas, and claimed the land for Spain. It has been a national holiday in the United States since 1937.
Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
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