Unit 4 Formative 1
  • 1. What was the purpose of Portuguese exploration?
A) trees for new ships
B) new trade routes
C) find gold
D) rescue sailers at sea
  • 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) England
C) Arabs
D) France
  • 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) eels
B) lions
C) sea monsters
D) sharks
  • 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) Henry Hudson
C) John Cabot
D) Pedro Alvares Cabral
  • 8. What did the Vikings called the native people in Vinland?
A) Canadians
B) Inuit
C) Indians
D) Scrailings
  • 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) Norwegians
B) Scandinavians
C) Icelandics
D) Norsemen
  • 11. What is one reason for Viking exploration and colonization?
A) financial trouble
B) weather
C) overcrowding
D) war
  • 12. Which explorer brought slaves to Europe?
A) Vasco da Gamma
B) Prince Henry
C) Gil Eanes
D) Francis Drake
  • 13. Arabs and Italians controlled trade in what sea?
A) Black
B) Mediterranean
C) North
D) Caribbean
  • 14. Who organized Portugese explorations?
A) Francis Drake
B) Henry Hudson
C) Prince Henry
D) Samuel de Champlain
  • 15. What did King John the Second re-name the Cape of Storms?
A) Cape of Good Hope
B) Cape Seal
C) Cape Africa
D) Cape Dias
  • 16. Which country does Portugal boarder?
A) Denmark
B) England
C) France
D) Spain
  • 17. What country did Eric the Red sail from?
A) Iceland
B) France
C) Norway
D) Mexico
  • 18. What type of ships did Vikings sail?
A) Canoes
B) Caravels
C) Longships
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