Article Assessment Questions

What made the Songhai Empire wealthy?

• trading in salt and gold

• trading in spices and silks

• trading in red and blue dyes

• trading in shells and glass

What country were Ferdinand and Isabella the king and queen of?

• Germany

• Portugal

• England

• Spain

Which countries had the largest economies in the 1400s?

• England and France

• Spain and Portugal

• England and China

• India and China

Where did Christopher Columbus land?

• Asia

• Africa

• the Caribbean

• New York

Who sponsored John Cabot?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Germany

What did Jacques Cartier start in North America?

• war

• French trade

• fur trade

• cotton fields

What is celestial navigation?

• using planets to find a location

• locating planets

• locating the sun, moon, and stars

• using the sun, moon, and stars to find a location

What did sailors use to determine latitude?

• astrolabe

• sextant

• cartography

• celestial navigation

What is cartography?

• finding longitude

• map making

• finding stars

• finding latitude

What did having more resources and land give people?

• more power

• more water

• more corn

• more money