Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

8th Grade

21 Qs

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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

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History

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This event was the direct cause of the Age of Exploration.

The invention of the printing press in 1440 by Johannes Guttenberg.

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

The discovery of America by Columbus in 1492.

The signing of the English Magna Carta in 1215.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ship invented by the Portuguese, designed for long journeys over the open ocean.

Frigate
Galleon
Clipper
Caravel

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Device that allowed for navigation using the stars to pinpoint one's location.

Compass
GPS
Sextant
Astrolabe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

First European to travel to the Americas and build a colony there.

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernán Cortés

Leif Erikson

Christopher Columbus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the series of trading routes that connected Asia to Europe in ancient times?

Tea Trail

Silk Road

Spice Route

Pepper Path

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Treaty in which the Portuguese and Spanish agreed to split all unclaimed territory in America and Asia between themselves.

Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Ghent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Disease, common among sailors, originating from a lack of vitamin C.

scurvy

Smallpox

Iron Lung

rickets

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