Age of Exploration Vocab Quiz

Which instrument was invented in 1342 to measure the altitude of the Pole star?

• Back-Staff

• Astrolabe

• Cross-Staff

• Compass

What does it mean to circumnavigate?

• To measure the altitude of the Sun

• To travel completely around something

• To find the direction a ship is sailing

• To calculate latitude

Which instrument is used for finding the direction a ship is sailing?

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Cross-Staff

• Back-Staff

Which instrument was used to determine latitude by measuring the altitude of the Sun?

• Compass

• Back-Staff

• Cross-Staff

• Astrolabe

What does navigation involve?

• Traveling completely around something

• Determining the course, position, and distance traveled by a ship

• Measuring the altitude of the Sun

• Finding the direction a ship is sailing

What is the main purpose of a compass?

• To measure the altitude of the Sun

• To find the direction a ship is sailing

• To calculate latitude

• To travel completely around something

What is a quipu?

• A type of ship

• A form of communication using knotted strings

• An explorer of the Silk Road

• A method of expansionism

Who was Columbus?

• A creator of the caravel

• An explorer who encountered the 'New World'

• A system of communication

• A traveler of the Silk Road

Which system was used for record keeping in ancient times?

• Caravel

• Expansionism

• Quipu

• Indigenous

What does eurocentric mean?

• Focusing on Asian culture to the exclusion of others

• Focusing on European culture as the more important culture

• Focusing on African culture to the exclusion of others

• Focusing on American culture as the more important culture