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Age of Exploration

Authored by Amber Haywood

English

4th Grade

CCSS covered

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Age of Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did historians call the time of new ideas ?

The New Era
The Renaissance
The Resistance

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were European searching for when they FIRST started exploring the Americas?

places to start new colonies
new kinds of plants and animals
a faster and easiersea route to Asia
religious and political freedom

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Age of Exploration was made possible by ___?

The creation of indoor plumbing
The creation of the astrolabe
The development of fishing poles
Funding by the Chinese government

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Johannes Gutenberg's printing press important?

It allowed the Catholic Church to print the Bible.
It helped spread knowledge by printing more books in a faster and less expensive matter.
It allowed for the printing of exquisite art.
It wasn't as important as is commonly believed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What explorer and group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years BEFORE Christopher Columbus?

Henry Hudson and the Dutch
John Cabot and the English
Christopher Columbus and the Spanish
Leif Erikson and the Vikings

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

England
France
Portugal
Spain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Prince Henry the Navigator was important because he ___________.

Created a navigation school to study the new technology.
Sailed around the world.
Wanted God, Gold and Glory.
Colonized South America.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

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