WH4.1 An Age of Exploration

WH4.1 An Age of Exploration

10th Grade

8 Qs

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WH4.1 An Age of Exploration

WH4.1 An Age of Exploration

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following technologies played a key role in the Age of Exploration by improving navigation and maritime travel?

Astrolabe, magnetic compass, lateen sail

Steam engine, telegraph, spinning jenny

Printing press, gunpowder, mechanical clock

Stirrup, crossbow, longbow

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the three main motivations for state-sponsored exploration?

Gold, God, and Glory

Trade, Territory, and Technology

Wealth, Warfare, and Wisdom

Power, Prestige, and Peace

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the economic system that emphasized wealth as finite and based on gold/silver?

Capitalism

Mercantilism

Socialism

Feudalism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which European country took the lead in exploration by the end of the 15th century?

Spain

Netherlands

Portugal

France

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Spanish explorer's crew was the first to successfully circumnavigate the Earth?

Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernán Cortés

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Spanish conquistadors impact the civilizations of the New World?

They traded peacefully with the Aztec and Inca

They formed alliances with indigenous empires

They overpowered and conquered the Aztec and Inca civilizations

They introduced democracy to the Americas

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did England establish its first successful colony in 1607?

Plymouth

Jamestown

Roanoke

New Amsterdam

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do Dutch people come from?

Denmark

the Netherlands

Norway

Iceland