How and Why Europeans Came to the New World Part 1

When did the European Age of Exploration begin?

• Late 1300s

• Early 1400s

• Late 15th Century

• Late 14th Century

Answer explanation

The 15th Century is the same as the 1400s.

What did the earliest explorers set out to look for?

• Routes to Asia

• The New World

• Gold and Silver

• Something Else

Underwater ____ study sunken ships.

• Biologists

• Arceologists

• Archeolojists

• Archeologists

Archeologists want to know the position of each artifact found on the ship. Divers use something to mark off the site in squares. What do they use?

• Chains

• Markers

• Cables

• Pipes

These are the steps divers use to study artifacts. What goes in the blank?

1. Note the exact location

2. Photograph and tag each artifact

3. __________

4. The artifact is studied in a lab

• Put the artifact into a box and take it to a lab

• Destroy the artifact

• Bring the artifact out of the water

• Study the artifact

It can take ____ to find a sunken ship.

• Many years

• A month

• Two and a half weeks

• Six months

What is an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars?

(a)  

What is a tool that contains a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of North?

• Compas

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• North Tool

(a)   are drawings of the shapes of bodies of land and water.

During the Age of Exploration, rulers wanted to spread their power to the New World. Sometimes they paid for the explorers' ships and crews. These explorers carried what to honor their kings and queens.

• The country's flag

• The country's name

• The Country's symbol