The Age of Exploration

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Objective: answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. The force that causes objects to be pulled toward the center of the earth is called ______.
gravity
landmark
orbit
navigation
2. The sailing instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north is called a ______.
telescope
caravel
compass
harbor
3. The study of planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies is called _______.
geography
astronomy
technology
mathematics
4. The "Indies" was the other name of the spice- and silk-supplying lands of southern ______.
Europe
Arabia
Asia
Africa
5. Marco Polo was the first European to visit the Chinese city of _______.
Lisbon
Calicut
Venice
Khanbalik
6. Who developed the heliocentric theory?
Galileo
Copernicus
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Dias
7. Because of Henry the Navigator, which country became a center for learning navigation and sailing?.
Spain
Italy
China
Portugal
8. Isaac Newton's great accomplishment was the ___________.
discovery of the law of gravity
geocentric theory
development of the telescope
invention of movable type
9. Marco Polo made people interested in lands unknown to them by _________.
training sailors and merchants
selling maps and charts
writing a book about his travels
starting a business in China
10. The Europeans wanted to find new sea routes because they needed __________.
more precious stones than Africa could provide
a cheaper way of transporting goods from the Indies
to find more room for the growing population
to avoid the wars that were raging in Arabia and China
11. Unlike the other European explorers trying to r each the Indies, Columbus decided to sail ______.
west
north
east
south
12. From whom did the Portuguese learn about the uses of the compass?.
the Spanish
the Muslims
the Chinese
the Italians
13. The pioneers of modern science dared to question ______.
religion
old knowledge
technology
new ideas
14. Marco Polo's journey of A.D. 1271 to 1295 was part of the European historical period called the ______.
Renaissance
Elizabethan Age
Reformation
Middle Ages
15. What were the "black stones that would burn" that Marco Polo described?
marble
granite
coal
diamonds
16. Who started a navigation school that required the study of geography and astronomy?
Kublai Khan
Prince Henry
Galileo
Marco Polo
17. A caravel was well suited for rough seas and long voyages because of its ______.
narrow body and rows of oars
round shape and many sails
massive size and triangular sails
covered deck and broad bow
18. The "scientific method" states that no idea should be accepted as true unless ______.
it is throughly tested
religion supports it
a famous scientist presents it
it makes use of technology
19. Which voyager found the all-water route to the Indies?
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Dias
20.What was the result of Columbus's journey ?
the conquest of the Indies by the Italians
the establishment of European colonies in Africa
the beginning of a new scientific age
the discovery of a continent previously unknown to Europeans

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