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