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U.S. History Ch. 2-1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where did the Vikings originate?
a)
Northern Africa
b)
Northern Asia
c)
Northern Europe
2.
Which words best describe the Vikings?
a)
Academic & Political
b)
Conquerors & Peaceful
c)
Invaders & Settlers
3.
Eric the Red was banished from Iceland and settled in 
a)
Norway
b)
Greenland
c)
Iceland
d)
Russia
4.
Which part of the world was not visited by the Vikings?
a)
England
b)
Asia
c)
North America
d)
South America
5.

Geographically, Greenland is part of which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Antarctica

6.

What country is this?

a)

Finland

b)

Belarus

c)

Iceland

d)

Sweden

7.

Which European nation did NOT have a settlement in the North America?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

England

8.
What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?
a)
a passage to India by land
b)
a way to the South Pole
c)
a new trade route to India by sea
d)
a new school in Portugal
9.
Who was the explorer who sailed all around the world?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Mrs. Redeker
10.

This instrument allowed Europeans to calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon?

a)

compass

b)

map

c)

astrolabe

d)

caravel