
The Age of Exploration
Authored by Scott Quinn
Social Studies
5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before anyone else, this Viking explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). What was his name?
Prince Henry of Portugal
Leif
Ericsson
Christopher
Columbus
Juan Ponce
de Leon
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which tools were often used to navigate a ship? (Select all that apply.)
astrolabe
epidemic
maps
patron
compass
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Prince Henry is remembered for the school he created to teach navigation and mapmaking. In which country was this school located in?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The expeditions of Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama (pictured here) achieved which goal?
To find an all water route to Asia
To find gold and silver
To find the Fountain of Youth
To find the Northwest Passage
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the two patrons of Christopher Columbus. They would have paid for those three ships!
King Ferdinand
King Francis I
King Henry VII
Queen Isabella
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to suggest sailing which direction to reach Asia?
north
south
east
west
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which conquistador was responsible for ending the Aztec Empire?
Francisco
Pizarro
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Juan Ponce
de Leon
Hernando
Cortez
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