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