Age of Exploration Game

What is the name of the technology used by explorers to calculate latitude and longitude using the angle between the Sun and the horizon?

• Sextant

• Telescope

• Compass

• Astrolabe

What is the name of the country highlighted in gray?

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

What are the lines called that stretch horizontally across the Earth or on a map?

• Borders

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

What is the term for the lines that run vertically on a map or globe?

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Which country is highlighted in gray in the map?

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

• Italy

What is the term for the line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which country is highlighted in red in the map?

• Germany

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

What is the term for the line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is the name of the piece of technology that used the Earth's poles to determine a cardinal direction?

• GPS
• Sextant
• Astrolabe
• Compass

Name of the biggest continent.