Vocabulary and Historical Knowledge Quiz

What is a "cartographer"?

• An age of thought, learning, art and science

• Map maker

• Relating to the government

• Managing goods and services for financial reasons

What does "economical" refer to?

• Managing goods and services for financial reasons

• An adventure story told about brave deeds

• A sickness

• Relating to the government

What is the meaning of "political"?

• Relating to the government

• An age of thought, learning, art and science

• The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship

• Kings or queens

What is a "saga"?

• An adventure story told about brave deeds

• Managing goods and services for financial reasons

• Relating to the government

• A sickness

Where was the Viking settlement of Vinland located in present-day?

• Iceland

• United States

• Canada

• Greenland

Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to unknown lands?

• They didn't have maps.

• They thought there were sea monsters.

• Their ships were slow.

• All of the above.

How did the capture of Constantinople encourage exploration?

• It opened up the trade routes.

• They realized they didn’t need maps.

• Since this cut off trade routes, they now wanted to find a western route to Asia.

• They didn’t care to explore the unknown.

While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus’s sailors ready for mutiny?

• They saw native peoples.

• They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first.

• They were fighting over gold.

• They didn’t think Columbus had a good plan.

Where did Columbus first land?

• Bahamas

• South Carolina

• Greenland

• Spain

After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more exploration?

• He funded ships to explore the unknown.

• He became King of Portugal.

• He recruited and trained other navigators.

• He wasn’t able to encourage others because he died on his voyage.