Explorers Quiz

Technology used by explorers was.....

• GPS

• an astrolabe

• complete maps

• the stars, sun, and moon

Exploration was about ​ finding ​ (a)   to trade for ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   .

• new trade routes
• tea
• spices
• and silk
• gold
• land
• riches

Magellan was the first explorer to

• discover gold

• discover the Northwest Passage

• land in South America

• circumnavigate the globe

Match the following

• England & the Dutch East India Company

• Columbus sailed for

• Spain

• Jaques Cartier sailed for

• England

• Henry Hudson sailed for

• France

• John Cabot sailed for

• Italy

• Amerigo Vespucci sailed for

An isthmus is

• an island

• a strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

• an island that connects two large land areas

• a small country

Which explorer was mutinied by his crew when they were stranded in the cold ocean during November?

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

Who claimed the land for France after reaching the mouth of the St. Lawerence river?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Jacques Cartier

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Henry Hudson

What is a caravel?

• a small ship that carries cargo and can turn in the ocean

• a sailboat that is used for trade

• a store to do trade

• a type of technology explorers used for travel