Unit 4 Formative 1
  • 1. What was the purpose of Portuguese exploration?
A) new trade routes
B) trees for new ships
C) rescue sailers at sea
D) find gold
  • 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) England
D) France
  • 4. Which explorer founded Greenland?
A) Eric the Red
B) Columbus
C) Leif Ericson
D) Hernan Cortez
  • 5. What was one fear the Portuguese had about sailing too far south?
A) sea monsters
B) sharks
C) eels
D) lions
  • 6. What kind of ivory did the Vikings in Greenland trade?
A) walrus Ivory
B) elephant Ivory
C) hippopotamus ivory
D) narwhal Ivory
  • 7. Which explorer discovered Brazil by accident?
A) Jacques Cartier
B) John Cabot
C) Pedro Alvares Cabral
D) Henry Hudson
  • 8. What did the Vikings called the native people in Vinland?
A) Canadians
B) Indians
C) Inuit
D) Scrailings
  • 9. What are the stories Vikings told and passed down?
A) novels
B) sagas
C) sonnets
D) poems
  • 10. Vikings preferred to be called?
A) Scandinavians
B) Norwegians
C) Icelandics
D) Norsemen
  • 11. What is one reason for Viking exploration and colonization?
A) war
B) overcrowding
C) weather
D) financial trouble
  • 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) Mediterranean
B) Caribbean
C) North
D) Black
  • 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 of Good Hope
B) Cape Africa
C) Cape Dias
D) Cape Seal
  • 16. Which country does Portugal boarder?
A) Spain
B) Denmark
C) France
D) England
  • 17. What country did Eric the Red sail from?
A) France
B) Norway
C) Iceland
D) Mexico
  • 18. What type of ships did Vikings sail?
A) Caravels
B) Longships
C) Canoes
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