Maritime Exploration Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were the main reasons why states sponsored the expansion of maritime exploration (pick 3)?
To claim territories and control large empires
To convert people in distant lands to Christianity
To gain control over the spice trade
To establish a complete monopoly over the gold trade
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which European state established a trading-post empire along the African coast and throughout the Indian Ocean?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the Portuguese explorer that sailed all the way around the southern tip of Africa in 1488?
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Spanish explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe by going west and then south around the tip of South America?
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
John Cabot claimed all the land from Newfoundland down to Chesapeake Bay for which country?
Spain
China
Portugal
England
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which French explorer established Quebec in Canada?
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Samuel de Champlain
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Dutch explorer claimed the Hudson River Valley for the Dutch and called it New Amsterdam?
Vasco de Gama
Henry Hudson
Bartholomew Diaz
John Cabot
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