Explorers Quiz 1 Before Columbus

The following events are in the correct order.

1. The Pope calls for the Crusades.
2. The Turks take Palestine.
3. The Crusaders fight the Turks in Palestine.
1. True
2. False
The Crusades were important because:
1. the Turks were forced out of the Holy Land.
2. many Christians fought there.
3. Columbus was a general in one of the wars.
4. many Crusaders learned a lot about the Indies and brought back products from there.
Traders in Europe wanted to find a new route to the Indies because the old routes were ---.
1. dangerous
2. mountainous
3. in the north where the climate was cold
4. indirect
Japan and the Spice Islands are in the ---Ocean.
1. Atlantic
2. Pacific
Select the two bodies of water the trade ships went through.
1. Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas
2. Black and Red Seas
3. Mediterranean and Red Seas
4. Adriatic and Black Seas
Name one of the three major religions who claimed Palestine as their Holy Land
Columbus believed that he could reach the Indies by sailing east.
1. True
2. False
Columbus had read books about the Indies by such writers as Marco Polo.
1. True
2. False
Columbus believed that the world was flat.
1. True
2. False
A new invention that helped Columbus learn about the Indies was the ---.
1. printing press
2. astrolabe
3. oil painting
4. trigger
Name one of the other inventions that helped Columbus sail out of the sight of land.
1. printing press
2. astrolabe
3. oil painting
4. trigger
The main idea of this lesson is:
1. Many people wanted to find a cheaper and quicker way to the Indies. Some of them believed that sailing west rather than east was the answer.
2. The three major religions claimed Palestine as their Holy Land.
3. The Turks discovered America.
Some people believe the world was flat, and others thought it was ---.
A compass tells a sailor ----.
1. where his ship is on a map.
2. which direction his ship is going.

Quiz on the Lesson Before Columbus

Multiple-choice exercise