Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the name for a person who sets out to discover something by going somewhere unfamiliar?

• Navigator

• Explorer

• Conquistador

• Sponsor

A journey or trip undertaken by a group of people for a specific purpose like exploration or discovery is called a(n) ________.

• Expedition

• Navigation

• Colony

• Treaty

What is the art and science of creating maps called?

• Cartography

• Navigation

• Latitude

• Longitude

A settlement of people in a territory or area of land controlled by a parent country is known as a ________.

• Colony

• Treaty

• Trade Route

• Expedition

Who are the native people who are the first to live in a certain place?

• Conquistadors

• Indigenous

• Monarchs

• Explorers

Any Spanish explorer who conquered land in the Americas during the 16th century is called a ________.

• Navigator

• Conquistador

• Sponsor

• Monarch

What is the name for North and South America used by Europeans during the age of exploration?

• Old World

• New World

• Colony

• Trade Route

A tool for finding direction (north, south, east, west) is called a ________.

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Sail

• Cartography

Lines on a map that run up and down and help measure east and west of the prime meridian are called ________.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Navigation

• Cartography

What is a handheld tool explorers used to find direction by looking at the stars?

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Sail

• Treaty