Studies Weekly, Week Five Assessment

Which explorer, pictured here, was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jaques Cartier

Answer explanation

In 1513, Spain sponsored an explorer named Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He was the first European to find the Pacific Ocean. Knowledge of the Pacific gave evidence that the land was not the East Indies.

What is a caravel?

Answer explanation

The caravel was a ship with broad bows and beams.

Use the map to answer the following question: Which explorer is #4?

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Pedro Álvarez Cabral

• John Cabot

Use the map to answer the following question: Which explorer is #1?

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

Use the map to answer the following question: Which explorer is #2?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

What technology advancement, pictured here, made it easier for sailors to explore? They would point this instrument to the sky; light from the sun during the day and the North Star at night shone through it.

• Mathematics

• Astrolabe

• Dial

• Caravels

What is cartography?

• the study of rocks

• the study of geography

• graph making

• map making

Ferdinand and Isabella were patrons for which explorer?

• Pedro Cabral

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

TRUE or FALSE: A trade route is an area used by merchants for economic purposes.

• FALSE

• TRUE

When did Europe refer to Asia as the "Indies?"

• 1400s

• 1700s

• 1900s

• 2000s