Social Studies Weekly - Week 5 - 5th Grade

Which explorer was the first to write detailed records of their voyage?

• Cabot

• Columbus

• Cartier

• Balboa

Goods coming into a country to be sold are called __________.

• imports

• taxes

• exports

• trage routes

Goods being sent out a country to be sold are called __________.

• imports

• taxes

• exports

• trage routes

Christopher Columbus thought he had landed where (but he was wrong!)

• North America

• The West Indies

• Asia

• India

Which technologic advancement used the light of the sun or a bright star to determine latitude?

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Quadrant

• Cartography

Which technologic advancement was used to determine the altitude of a fixed point?

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Quadrant

• Cartography

What is cartography?

• The study of rocks

• The study of geography

• Making special graphs

• Map making

Which explorer was the first European to get to the Pacific Ocean?

• Pedro Cabral

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jaques Cartier

Portugal paid for which explorer in 1500?

• Pedro Cabral

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jaques Cartier

Ferdinand and Isabella were patrons for which explorer?

• Pedro Cabral

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jaques Cartier