Social Studies- Unit #3 Test

People who trade goods and make a living by buying and selling goods.

• Merchants
• Prince Henry
• Navigation
• Christopher Columbus

Who didn't the legends about monsters and other dangers and wanted to sail along Africa to get to Asia?

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Columbus
• Merchants
• Navigation Experts

Choose the Tool: Which tool measures the height of the stars in the sky and helps sailors find the latitude?

• Astrolabe
• Orienteering Compass
• Sextant

Choose the Tool: An ancient Chinese invention that shows the direction of travel

• Astrolabe
• Orienteering Compass
• Sextant

Choose the Tool: Invented by John Bird

• Astrolabe
• Orienteering Compass
• Sextant

Choose the Tool: Used two mirrors and a movable arm to measure the angles of stars in the sky

• Astrolabe
• Orienteering Compass
• Sextant

Who thought that sailing west would save time on the way to Asia?

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Columbus
• King and Queen of Spain
• Native Americans

What was the movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean?

• The Newfoundland
• Columbian Exchange
• The Polynesian Colonies
• The Westward Expantion

Choose the person: This man was one of the explorers and landed in Central American with the conquistadors.

• Hernan Cortes
• John Cabot
• Giovanni da Verrazano
• Jacques Cartier
• Henry Hudson

Choose the person: An Italian who was one of the first to search for the Northwest Passage and set sail in 1497.

• Hernan Cortes
• John Cabot
• Giovanni da Verrazano
• Jacques Cartier
• Henry Hudson