Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz

Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz

7th Grade

8 Qs

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Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz

Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz

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History

7th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which city was the center of the Roman world and the greatest city in the Mediterranean during the 5th century?

Alexandria

Rome

Athens

Constantinople

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the archipelago in Indonesia that was known to Europeans as the Spice Islands?

Java

Sumatra

Bali

Bandar Islands

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Italian maritime republic dominated the spice trade and was particularly keen to find an alternative means for accessing the spice trade?

Venice

Amalfi

Pisa

Genoa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which year did the great city of Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?

1453

1488

1500

1492

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who successfully performed a Volta Domar in the South Atlantic and made it all the way to India in 1498?

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Afonso de Albuquerque

Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to the East Indies through the Malacca Strait?

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Afonso de Albuquerque

Bartolomeu Dias

Vasco da Gama

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Portuguese naval commander obtained a string of strategic fortresses and outposts throughout the Indies, including Goa on the west coast of India?

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Vasco da Gama

Afonso de Albuquerque

Bartolomeu Dias

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which island did the Portuguese conquer, making them the first Europeans to gain a foothold in the subcontinent of India?

Socotra

Goa

Hormuz

Malacca