Questions
To study the Age of Exploration, scientist mostly examine?
a. artifacts
b. books
c. interviews
d. videos
A. Artifacts
If an explorer knew what direction was north, he
A. Could create a map of unexplored land
B. Could find the other cardinal directions
C. woud know how fast his ship was moving
D. would know how far away from land he was
B. Could find the other cardinal directions.
Sailors use Astrolabes to tell?
a. direction
b. latitude
c. speed
d. time
b. latitude
Why did explorers plant flags?
A. To teach Christianity
B. to help Native Americans
C. to find their way back again
D. to claim land for their country
D. To claim land for their country
The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to?
a. africa
b. america
c. asia
d. Europe
C. Asia
Why was gold important to Europeans?
A. They used gold in food
b. weapons were made of gold
c. they measured their wealth in gold and silver
D. They could repair goods with gold
C. measured their wealth
What was the primary reason europeans enslaved native people?
a. to ensure they become Christains
b. to find new foods for Europeans to send home
c. to control where native people lived
d. to work in gold and sliver mines
D. Gold and Silver Mines
Which foods came from America?
a. wheat and rice
b. apples and pears
c. lettuce and cabbage
d. potatoes and squash
D. potatoes and squash
A compass works by Earth's
a. large oceans
b. magnetic field
c. spinning on its axis
d. orbit around the sun
b. magnetic field
What do farmers do with a crash crop?
a. sell it for money
b. feed it to animals
c. eat it as soon as possible
d freeze it to store for winter.
A. Sell it for money.