History Quiz

What is a person called who buys and sells goods for profit?

• Navigator

• Merchant

• Conquistador

• Patron

What is the term for getting, transporting, and selling human beings?

• Navigation

• Expedition

• Trade in enslaved people

• Empire

What is the process of planning a route and finding one’s location called?

• Navigation

• Colony

• Astrolabe

• Epidemic

What instrument is used in navigation to measure the sun and stars?

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Conquistador

• Patron

What is a small, fast sailing ship called?

• Empire

• Expedition

• Caravel

• Colony

Who is a person that supports another financially?

• Merchant

• Patron

• Navigator

• Conquistador

What is a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors in the 1500s, called?

• Conquistador

• Merchant

• Patron

• Navigator

What is a journey or voyage called?

• Empire

• Expedition

• Colony

• Epidemic

What is a large group of states or countries called?

• Colony

• Empire

• Navigation

• Epidemic

What is a country or area under the control of another country called?

• Empire

• Colony

• Expedition

• Caravel