The Age of Exploration
Authored by Astrīda Lieģe
Social Studies
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the time period of the Age of Exploration?
1500s-1700s
15th-17th century
150 BC - 170 AD
None of these options
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did people not travel more before the Age of Exploration
Difficult to bring enough food on long journeys
Maps were not very good
Journeys were expensive
All of these reasons
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
People had no idea what the world actually looked like because there was a fear of the unknown. Which of these was a cause?
People believed that
there were sea monsters.
People believed that the further south you travelled, you would boil.
People believed that the world was flat and you would fall off the edge.
People believed all of these things!
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is scurvy?
Disease caused by vitamin C
Disease caused by too little vitamin c
Disease where your spine becomes curvy
None of these answers
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Progress in what kind of technology helped in the Age of Exploration?
Magnetic compasses
Caravans
Astrolabes
Better maps
6.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Caravel sailboats had what shape sails?
(a)
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before compasses, how did people navigate at sea?
Using landmarks
Stars
Major winds, with the wind blowing from behind
All of these options
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