Age of Exploration Quiz

What term describes the act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, and/or things?

• Exploration

• Voyage

• Conquistador

• Colony

Which term refers to a long and difficult travel route by sea?

• Voyage

• Compass

• Middle Passage

• Astrolabe

What instrument has a magnetic pointer that points north and helps with directions?

• Exploration

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Conquistador

What is the name of a scientific instrument used to determine a ship’s location by measuring the angle of the sun or a star?

• Astrolabe

• Colony

• Columbian Exchange

• Indigenous

Which term describes a small, fast ship which could easily maneuver the winds and sail close to shore?

• Exploration

• Northwest Passage

• Caravel

• Compass

Who were the Spanish explorers and conquerors during the Age of Exploration?

• Conquistador

• Middle Passage

What is the all-water route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean by voyaging above North America through the Arctic Ocean called?

• Middle Passage

• Compass

• Indigenous

• Northwest Passage

What term describes a territory that is controlled by a stronger country?

• Exploration

• Colony

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

Which term refers to being native to the land?

• Conquistador

• Voyage

• Columbian Exchange

• Indigenous

What is the dangerous and deadly journey of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean who were forced to work in the Americas called?

• Middle Passage

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Exploration