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Early American Exploration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

to start a colony in America

to establish the slave trade

to build naval ships

to find and control trade routes with Asia

2.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Place the explorers name over the route they traveled.

a
b
c
Ferdinand Magellan
Leif Erickson
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias

3.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Put the following in order to create a timeline of exploration.

Leif Erickson travel from Scandinavia to what is now Canada

Christopher Columbus sails from Spain to North America

Bartolomeu Dias sails from Portugal to the southern point of Africa

Prince Henry creates a school for navigation

Hernan Cortes leads an expedition into Mexico

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is called a Caravel?

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5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the picture of the tool with the name and use.

Sextant:

tells latitude and longitude

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Chronometer: tells exact time

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Astrolabe: finds the height of the sun

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Compass: points to the North Pole

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Gunpowder: used in canons and guns

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6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Match the explorer with his accomplishment.

explored what is today New Mexico

Ferdinand Magellan

led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe

Hernan Cortes

led an expedition to Mexico for gold

Francisco de Coronado

7.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A​ (a)   was a Spanish conqueror who came to North America to take land, gold, and goods.

conquistador
expedition
empire
Aztec

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