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WorksheetsChapter 2 Lesson 1: Technology Shapes Exploration
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. A person who buys and sells goods.
navigation
astrolabe
caravel
merchant
2. An instrument used in navigation.
navigation
astrolabe
caravel
merchant
3. A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s.
navigation
astrolabe
caravel
merchant
4. The process of charting a course for a ship or an aircraft.
navigation
astrolabe
caravel
merchant
5. The capture, enslavement, buying, and selling of people for profit.
navigation
slave trade
caravel
trading post
6. A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place.
navigation
slave trade
caravel
trading post
7. What were some of the advancements made to the caravel that made sailing easier?
Their sails were made of linen.
They had smaller cargo areas.
They were smaller, lighter, and they had triangular sails to better control the wind.
The decks were covered with soot.
8. The astrolabe helped explorers
know how far north or south they were from the equator.
follow other sailors' routes through unfamiliar waters.
know which direction they were headed.
all of the above.
9. Cabeza de Vaca was served as a slave for the native people of present-day Texas.
True
False
10. Prince Henry the Navigator
started a school for explorers.
funded many expeditions
traveled all over the world.
was obsessed with exploration.
11. The Portuguese invaded many areas along the western coast of Africa and took part in the slave trade.
True
False
12. The Portuguese name the tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope because it opened up the possibility of sea trade with Asia.
True
False
