Q3 Benchmark Review 2024

Advancements in which fields helped spur the Age of Exploration in Europe?

• Science and technology

• law and government

• medicine and philosophy

• biology and art

How did navigational technologies encourage exploration?

• sailors were healthier and so it was easier to travel

• the tools told explorers what they would find in other lands

• the tools told sailors their location and made it possible to sail farther distances

• sailors learned where each of the continents were so that they would not get lost

By using magnets, which navigational tool below indicated north

• astrolabe

• compass

• rudder

• caravel

Christopher Columbus sailed for which European country below?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Which of these are 2 main reasons European nations wished to explore?

• to find land for their large population and to find more food

• to spread Christianity and to find more food

• To become wealthy and to find new trade routes

• To find gold and salt, and to find building materials for new ships

What were the 3 G 's of Exploration? Choose the correct 3 below

• GOLD

• GOD

• GOVERNMENT

• GLORY

What motive did Spanish missionaries have for exploring the New World?

• they wanted to find land for their people

• they wanted to become famous

• they mined for gold to bring back to the monarchs

• they set up Catholic missions to spread Christianity

Which specific technology below helped Europe become the dominant power in the New World?

• caravel

• rudder

• gunpowder

• compass

Spain acquired most of its lands in which parts of the Americas?

• North America and islands off the coast of South America

• South and Central America

• North America and Antarctica

• islands off the coast of the Americas

During the Age of Exploration, most explorers came from which part of Europe?

• north

• east

• south

• west