Vocabulary
An adventure story told about brave deeds.
Saga
The study of how plan and control the course of a ship.
Navigation
Why did it take the Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to unknown lands?
A. Their ships were slow
B. They didn't have maps
C. They thought their were sea monsters
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus’s sailors ready for mutiny?
a. They saw native peoples.
b. They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first.
c. They were fighting over gold.
d. They didn’t think Columbus had a good plan.
D. They didn’t think Columbus had a good plan.
Who was John Cabot compared to?
A. Leif Erikson
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Marco Polo
B. Christopher Columbus
Managing goods and services for financial reasons.
Economical
Map maker
Cartographer
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted..
A. wood, sea shells, and silver
B. Clocks, mirrors, and beads
C. silk, spices, and gold
D. vegetables, spices, and fruit
C. Silk, spices, and gold
Where did Columbus first land?
A. South Carolina
b. Greenland
c. Bahamas
d. Spain
c. Bahamas
What did John Cabot find?
a. fur
b. sea monsters
c. cod fishing grounds
d. Asia
C. cod fishing grounds
Relating to the govenrment
Political
Kings or Queens
Monarch
Trade between Europe and Asia stopped when the Turks captured..
A. Roanoke
B. Rome
C. Damascus
D. Constantinople
D. Constintinople
Who found present day Rio de Janeiro?
a. Amerigo Vespucci
b. Christopher Columbus
c. Leif Eriksson
d. Marco Polo
a. Amerigo Vespucci
What are three examples of the advances in technology during that time?
Better ships
maps
compasses
A sickness
Scurvy
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in present-day?
A. Iceland
B. United States
C. Canada
D. Greenland
C. Canada
How did the capture encourage exploration?
A. It opened up the trade routes.
B. They realized that they didn't need maps.
C. Since they cut off their route, they wanted new routes to Asia
D. They didn't care to explore the unknown
C. Since they cut off their route, they wanted new routes to Asia
After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more exploration?
A. He funded ships to explore the unknown.
B. He became King of Portugal.
C. He recruited and trained other navigators.
D. He wasn’t able to encourage others because he died on his voyage.
C. He recruited and trained other navigators
What explorer’s ship was the first to sail around the world?
A. LaSalle
B. DeSoto
C. Magellan
D. Polo
C. Magellan
An age of thought, learning, art, and science.
The Renaissance
Who was the first European to land in the Americas
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Leif Erikson
C. John Cabot
D. Marco Polo
B. Leif Erikson
Who landed in the Americas in 1492, but thought they were in the Indies?
A. Leif Erikson
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Henry Hudson.
D. Donald Trump
B. Christopher Columbus
Why did John Cabot want to explore?
a. to find Northwest passage
b. to find Natives
c. to find America
d . to find oceans
a. to find Northwest passage
Write the name of the explorers in the correct chronological order.
Columbus Cabot Eriksson Vespucci
1000 _______________________________
1492 _______________________________
1497 _______________________________
1497 _______________________________
Eriksson
Columbus
Vespucci/Cabot