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