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Heritage Studies 5th grade Ch. 2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On which peninsula are the countries of Spain and Portugal located?

a)

Scandinavian

b)

Iberian

c)

Italian

d)

Balkan

2.

Which term refers to sailing against the wind in a zigzag pattern?

a)

Caravel

b)

Compass

c)

Caravan

d)

Tacking

3.

Which country built the first caravel?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Portugal

4.

Which tool allowed sailors to know which direction they were heading?

a)

Compass

b)

Quadrant

c)

Globe

d)

Caravel

5.

Which tool allowed sailors to measure latitude?

a)

Compass

b)

Quadrant

c)

Globe

d)

Caravel

6.

Who was the first European to sail around Africa's southern tip?

a)

Christopher Columbu

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

7.

Who was the first European to sail from Europe to India?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

8.

What about the earth did Columbus get wrong?

a)

He thought the earth was smaller than it really was.

b)

He thought the earth was larger than it really was.

c)

He thought the earth was flat.

d)

He did not think sailing west would take him to Asia.

9.

Which country paid for Columbus's voyage?

a)

Portugal

b)

Great Britain

c)

Spain

d)

France

10.

In what year did Columbus make his first voyage to America?

a)

1392

b)

1444

c)

1485

d)

1492

11.

Besides converting them to Christianity, what else did Columbus want to do with the Indians he found?

a)

Make them into soldiers

b)

Force them to become slaves

c)

Build new homes for them

d)

Move them off their islands

12.

What did the Spanish do to justify their conquest of Indian lands?

a)

Read a document that said the land was theirs

b)

Paid the Indians for their land

c)

Informed the Indians that they would attack

d)

Traded with the Indians

13.

Which explorer found the Saint Lawrence River for France?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Robert de la Salle

d)

Jacques Cartier

14.

In which country were Protestants called Huguenots?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Italy

15.

Which valuable resource did the French trade with the Indians for in North America?

a)

Gold

b)

Fur

c)

Corn

d)

Fish