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