Explorers Test Study Guide

Front

Which Viking explorer traveled to Iceland and Greenland?

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Eric the Red

Front

Leif Ericsson traveled to ___ and founded the first European settlement there.

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Canada

Front

Portugal wanted to find a sea route to India because it would be slower than the land route.

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False

Front

What was so valuable in India to motivate Portugal to find a new route there?

Back

spices from India were valuable in Europe

Front

Which Portuguese explorer started a school to teach navigation and mapmaking?

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Prince Henry the Navigator

Front

Which Portuguese explorer explored the western coast of Africa and made it around the southern tip of Africa?

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Bartolomeu Dias

Front

Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa and reached India?

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Vasco da Gama

Front

Why did Christopher Columbus sail west?

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to find a new, faster route to India

Front

In what year did Christopher Columbus first land in the Americas?

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1492

Front

What was the name of the first European town in North America?

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La Isabela