
Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz
Authored by John Hyatt
History
7th Grade
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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
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