The Age of Explorations

The Age of Explorations

6th Grade

8 Qs

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The Age of Explorations

The Age of Explorations

Assessment

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Social Studies

6th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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People explored during the Age of Explorations to gain wealth through:

trading valuable goods and spices.

establishing new colonies.

discovering new lands.

all of the above.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is a cartographer?

map maker

astronomer

biologist

geologist

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is an astrolabe?

tool for determining latitude while at sea

musical instrument

ancient weapon

type of plant

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What are two ways Henry the Navigator supported exploration?

By funding expeditions and establishing a navigation school

By leading voyages himself and mapping new territories

By writing books on navigation and inventing new instruments

By negotiating trade agreements and building ships

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What did Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias discover?

Southern tip of Africa

Northwest Passage

Cape Horn

Strait of Magellan

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What did Bartolomeu Dias prove?

proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa

proved the Earth is flat

proved the existence of America

proved the sun revolves around the Earth

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Where did Vasco da Gama explore to in 1497?

Calicut, India

Lisbon, Portugal

Cape of Good Hope

Malacca, Malaysia

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is scurvy?

swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C

a type of skin rash caused by allergies

a condition caused by excessive vitamin D

a viral infection affecting the liver