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Exploration and Navigation Quiz

Authored by Dina Collazo

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Exploration and Navigation Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tool was used to measure the position of the sun, moon, and stars during navigation?

Ship

Compass

Astrolabe

Telescope

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Prince Henry of Portugal called “the Navigator”?

He was a famous sailor.

He supported exploration and education.

He discovered America.

He was a king.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of ship was developed by Portugal to aid in long voyages?

Galleon

Caravel

Frigate

Clipper

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the explorer that sailed around the southern tip of Africa?

Christopher Columbus

Vasco da Gama

Bartolomeu Dias

Ferdinand Magellan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Bartolomeu Dias do after passing the Cape of Good Hope?

Continued to India

Turned back and returned to Portugal

Discovered America

Established a colony

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Amerigo Vespucci referring to when he says they “hold riches as nothing”?

European explorers

Indigenous peoples

Asian traders

African merchants

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the line in the middle of the map represent, according to the Treaty of Tordesillas?

A trade route

A boundary between Spain and Portugal

A river

A mountain range

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