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Age of Exploration

Authored by Karen Kochy

Social Studies

6th Grade

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Age of Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

The edge of the Earth

Giant sea monsters

New trading routes

New continents

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

To find gold and silver

To find lands could colonize

To find new trading routes to the East Indies

All of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

Spain and Portugal

England and France

Germany and Austria

Italy and Greece

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who was Henry the Navigator?

The first European to sale around the south of Africa

The first explorer to discover the Americas

The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America

The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

England

Spain

Portugal

Italy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus

Hernan Cortes

Henry the Navigator

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States?

Germany

Spain

England

Portugal

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