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WorksheetsUnit 1 - Quiz 1 Review (Age of Discovery, Geo of N. America)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?
Gold, Silver, Treasure
God, Glory, Gold
God, Glory, Gallantry
Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!
_____ started a school for navigators.
Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
Henry the Navigator
Marco Polo
The tallest mountain in the Appalachian Mountains is ___.
Grandfather Mountain
White Top Mountain
Mount Mitchell
Mount Rogers
What language do the people of Brazil speak?
French
Portuguese
Spanish
Italian
The ______ was a theoretical northern water route around North America to reach the Orient.
Panama Canal
Klondike gold rush route
Strait of Gibraltar
Northwest Passage
______ controlled the Holy Land during the Middle Ages.
Jews
Protestants
Muslims
Catholics
The first European to visit North America was ______.
Henry the Navigator
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
_____ was an Italian merchant who lived for a time in Cathay (China).
Leif Ericson
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Henry the Navigator
The Line of ________ divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
Borders
Division
Demarcation
Separation
The art of science of plotting, determining, or directing the course of travel is called ____.
caravel
navigation
circumnavigate
astrolabe
Select the three main regions of eastern North America.
Piedmont Region
Isthmus of Panama
Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain
White Top Mountain
Who circumnavigated the earth?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vicente Pinzon
Christopher Columbus
John Calvin
The discoveries of ___ gave Holland a claim for colonization.
Leif Ericson
Vicente Pinzon
John Calvin
Henry Hudson
What area of the future United States was explored by Ponce de León?
New York
Florida
Chesapeake Bay
Maine
Wars to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule were called the _____.
Muslim Wars
Holy Wars
Crusades
Holy Land Wars
____ superiority gave England the upper hand in colonizing the New World.
Arms
Land
Air
Sea
A(n) _____ is a rebellion against authority, particularly against the captain or leader of a ship or mission.
caravel
mutiny
navigation
demarcation
The first European to discover the Caribbean islands was ______.
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
Marco Polo
