Unit 4 Formative 1
  • 1. What was the purpose of Portuguese exploration?
A) trees for new ships
B) new trade routes
C) find gold
D) rescue sailers at sea
  • 2. Which explorer was the first to sail around Africa?
A) Bartholomew Dias
B) Eric the Red
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Leif Ericson
  • 3. Who controlled trade in India?
A) England
B) France
C) China
D) Arabs
  • 4. Which explorer founded Greenland?
A) Columbus
B) Hernan Cortez
C) Eric the Red
D) Leif Ericson
  • 5. What was one fear the Portuguese had about sailing too far south?
A) lions
B) eels
C) sea monsters
D) sharks
  • 6. What kind of ivory did the Vikings in Greenland trade?
A) elephant Ivory
B) narwhal Ivory
C) hippopotamus ivory
D) walrus Ivory
  • 7. Which explorer discovered Brazil by accident?
A) Henry Hudson
B) John Cabot
C) Jacques Cartier
D) Pedro Alvares Cabral
  • 8. What did the Vikings called the native people in Vinland?
A) Canadians
B) Scrailings
C) Indians
D) Inuit
  • 9. What are the stories Vikings told and passed down?
A) novels
B) sonnets
C) poems
D) sagas
  • 10. Vikings preferred to be called?
A) Icelandics
B) Scandinavians
C) Norsemen
D) Norwegians
  • 11. What is one reason for Viking exploration and colonization?
A) weather
B) war
C) financial trouble
D) overcrowding
  • 12. Which explorer brought slaves to Europe?
A) Vasco da Gamma
B) Prince Henry
C) Francis Drake
D) Gil Eanes
  • 13. Arabs and Italians controlled trade in what sea?
A) North
B) Mediterranean
C) Black
D) Caribbean
  • 14. Who organized Portugese explorations?
A) Henry Hudson
B) Prince Henry
C) Francis Drake
D) Samuel de Champlain
  • 15. What did King John the Second re-name the Cape of Storms?
A) Cape Africa
B) Cape Seal
C) Cape of Good Hope
D) Cape Dias
  • 16. Which country does Portugal boarder?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Denmark
D) England
  • 17. What country did Eric the Red sail from?
A) France
B) Iceland
C) Mexico
D) Norway
  • 18. What type of ships did Vikings sail?
A) Longships
B) Caravels
C) Canoes
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