2025 Exploration & Colonization

2025 Exploration & Colonization

9th - 12th Grade

45 Qs

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2025 Exploration & Colonization

2025 Exploration & Colonization

Assessment

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History

9th - 12th Grade

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Created by

Aldo Escobar

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45 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What is a caravel?
A small, fast ship. 
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
A tool that shows which direction is North. 
All of the above. 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

a passage to Asia by land

a way to the South Pole

a new trade route to Asia by sea

The New World

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.
gold, spices, and ships
gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
silver, pearls, and slaves
slaves, navigators, and cartographers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.
Africa
New Netherland
Canada
New Zealand

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

France, England, and Holland believed there was a northwest route that would lead to Asia. What was the name of this route?
The Northwest Passage
The Hudson Bay
The Strait of Magellan
The route to Asia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Vasco da Gama was the first person to

find a direct sea route from Europe to India
discover the Americas
invent the compass
establish the Silk Road

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

John Cabot's voyage proved that there was a shorter route across the Atlantic Ocean in comparison to other explorers' routes.

True

False

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