Exploring the Age of Exploration and Slavery

Exploring the Age of Exploration and Slavery

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Solamo

FREE Resource

7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary motivation for the Portuguese and Spanish to explore new trade routes?

To trade for spices, silver, and gold

To find new lands for settlement

To escape from their own countries

To spread their religion

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Portuguese prince that led explorations along the West Coast of Africa?

Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus

Prince Henry

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean?

1488

1492

1500

1519

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which treaty divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal?

Treaty of Lisbon

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Tordesillas

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main challenges faced by sailors during the Age of Exploration?

All of the above

Pirate attacks

Lack of food

Scurvy and other diseases

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was exchanged between the Old World and the New World during the Columbian Exchange?

Only goods

Only diseases

Goods, animals, and diseases

Only animals

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary goal of European explorers in the New World?

To map new territories

To spread Christianity

To find gold and other riches

To establish trade routes