History Alive Chapter 4 Test
13 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Even though Native Americans had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans call the Americas what?
- A.
Age of Exploration
- B.
The New World
- C.
Indians
- D.
Explorers
- 2.What is the period in the 1500's when Europeans started searching for lands they did not know is called?
- A.
The New World
- B.
The Age of Exploration
- C.
Indians
- D.
Explorers
- 3.What were brave men who sailed small ships across large oceans in search for land called?
- A.
Native Americans
- B.
Indians
- C.
Explorers
- D.
Vasco de Gama
- 4.Europeans were motivated to explore new lands because they wanted to convert local people to Christianity or claim land for their country
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Explorers were able to reach and explore new lands because of improved navigational tools.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Explorers did not bring back anything of value from the new lands they found
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.What did explorers use that were drawings of bodies of land and water to help them reach new lands?
- A.
Tobacco
- B.
Astrolabe
- C.
Compass
- D.
Maps
- 8.What leafy plant did explorers bring back with them from the new world?
- A.
Tobacco
- B.
Lettuce
- C.
Basil
- D.
Ferns
- 9.What did explorers bring with them to help spread Christianity?
- A.
Crosses
- B.
Nuns
- C.
Prayer beads
- D.
The bible
- 10.What did explorers use to help them tell which direction they were sailing, even in darkness or fog?
- A.
Compass
- B.
Astrolabe
- C.
Map
- D.
GPS
- 11.Explorers used this tool to help them tell how far away they were from the equator.
- A.
Compass
- B.
Astrolabe
- C.
Map
- D.
GPS
- 12.This was NOT a food that Europeans brough back from the new world.
- A.
Tomatoes
- B.
Corn
- C.
Pineapple
- D.
Apples
- 13.What did explorers use to mark new land?
- A.
A sign
- B.
A flag
- C.
A rock
- D.
A tent
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