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