Chapter 5 Test - European Exploration

Portugal financed the explorations of Christopher Columbus.

• True
• False

Bartolomeu Dias was the first European explorer to round the tip of Africa.

• True
• False

Mexico City was built on the former site of Tenochtitlán.

• True
• False

Dead reckoning involved using a clock to find one’s longitude.

• True
• False

The Treaty of Tordesillas in effect gave Brazil to Portugal.

• True
• False

Who came up with the Line of Demarcation as the solution to Spain's and Portugal's disagreement.

• Columbus
• John Cabot
• Montezuma
• Pope Alexander IV

What was the cause of scurvy?

• lack of Vitamin C
• lack of protein
• lack of Vitamin D
• the movement of the ship

How was the Aztec king chosen?

• through military conquest
• through election
• through a poetry contest
• through selection by the current ruler

Who were called the "children of the sun"?

• the Tlaxcalans
• the Aztecs
• the Incas
• the Spanish

Which sailor's tool measured the distance between the horizon and the sun?

• compass
• GPS
• astrolabe
• slide rule