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1) What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions? |
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The edge of the Earth |
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Giant sea monsters |
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New trading routes |
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New continents |
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The lost city of Atlantis |
2) Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions? |
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To find gold and silver |
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To find lands they could colonize |
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To find new trading routes to the East Indies |
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All of the above |
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None of the above |
3) The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries? |
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Spain and Portugal |
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England and France |
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Germany and Austria |
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Italy and Greece |
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Spain and France |
4) Who was Henry the Navigator? |
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The first European to sale around the south of Africa |
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The first explorer to discover the Americas |
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The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America |
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The first explorer to circumnavigate the world |
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The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa |
5) Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India? |
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Vasco da Gama |
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Christopher Columbus |
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Hernan Cortes |
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Henry the Navigator |
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Francisco Pizarro |
6) What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas? |
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England |
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Spain |
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Portugal |
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Germany |
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Italy |
7) Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States? |
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Spain |
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Netherlands |
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England |
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Portugal |
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Germany |
8) Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico? |
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Christopher Columbus |
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Bartolomeu Dias |
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Francisco Pizarro |
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Hernan Cortes |
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Vasco da Gama |
9) True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance? |
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TRUE |
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FALSE |
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10) What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration? |
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Much of central Africa |
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Arctic and Antarctic |
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East Australia |
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All of the above |
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None of the above |