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