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WorksheetsUnit 2: Lesson 1-Exploration and Colonization
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Most people of this time period were poor __________.
a)
merchants
b)
profits
c)
Vikings
d)
farmers
2.
A person who buys, sells, and trades goods for profit is a _____________________.
a)
merchant
b)
barter
c)
Vikings
d)
farmers
3.
______ is the trading of goods for goods.
a)
profit
b)
barter
c)
farmers
d)
Vikings
4.
The science of determining a ship's location and direction is ____________.
a)
Vikings
b)
compass
c)
navigation
d)
merchant
5.
______ is the money made on goods that exceed the cost of production.
a)
profit
b)
merchant
c)
economy
d)
spices
6.
Norse/North people or ________ were the first people of the Middle Ages to travel to distant regions.
a)
merchants
b)
farmers
c)
Traders
d)
Vikings
7.
Traders went to West Africa in 1350s looking for what?
a)
silver
b)
gold
c)
spices
d)
silk
8.
These ships were fast, could move easy, and travel long distances....
a)
sailboats
b)
steamboats
c)
caravels
d)
row boats
9.
_______ was an explorer from 1295 who traveled the world beyond Europe and Asia.
a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Mr. Bryer
d)
Vikings
10.
________ showed the safest routes to follow along the African coast.
a)
globes
b)
maps
c)
atlas
d)
compass
11.
Made a profit by charging more than they paid for products.
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Vikings
c)
Farmers
d)
Traders
12.
War was fought over this place because of 3 major religions.
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
North Star
13.
Who started a school to teach navigation?
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Mrs. David
14.
Sailors used this to help them navigate their latitude.
a)
Camels
b)
North Star
c)
The Sun
d)
Vikings
15.
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the tip of Africa to locate this _______.
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
North Star
d)
America
16.
an imaginary line, or meridian, measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
17.
an imaginary line, or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator.
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
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