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WorksheetsHeritage Studies 5th grade Ch. 2 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
On which peninsula are the countries of Spain and Portugal located?
Scandinavian
Iberian
Italian
Balkan
Which term refers to sailing against the wind in a zigzag pattern?
Caravel
Compass
Caravan
Tacking
Which country built the first caravel?
Spain
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Which tool allowed sailors to know which direction they were heading?
Compass
Quadrant
Globe
Caravel
Which tool allowed sailors to measure latitude?
Compass
Quadrant
Globe
Caravel
Who was the first European to sail around Africa's southern tip?
Christopher Columbu
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
Who was the first European to sail from Europe to India?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
What about the earth did Columbus get wrong?
He thought the earth was smaller than it really was.
He thought the earth was larger than it really was.
He thought the earth was flat.
He did not think sailing west would take him to Asia.
Which country paid for Columbus's voyage?
Portugal
Great Britain
Spain
France
In what year did Columbus make his first voyage to America?
1392
1444
1485
1492
Besides converting them to Christianity, what else did Columbus want to do with the Indians he found?
Make them into soldiers
Force them to become slaves
Build new homes for them
Move them off their islands
What did the Spanish do to justify their conquest of Indian lands?
Read a document that said the land was theirs
Paid the Indians for their land
Informed the Indians that they would attack
Traded with the Indians
Which explorer found the Saint Lawrence River for France?
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Samuel de Champlain
Robert de la Salle
Jacques Cartier
In which country were Protestants called Huguenots?
Great Britain
Spain
France
Italy
Which valuable resource did the French trade with the Indians for in North America?
Gold
Fur
Corn
Fish
