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Test your knowledge of European exploration and maritime trade routes in the 1400s. Answer trivia questions correctly to win up to $1 million!
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 How did travel by sea change in the 1400’s? 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 C 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: Travel became cheaper. A: Travel became dangerous. . C. Travel was improved by new technologies. D: Travel was limited to the Atlantic Ocean.
15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100
15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 Which of the following was not a goal of European exploration? 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A. Establishing colonies B: Finding new trade routes to Asia C. Controlling new lands D: Ending the Reconquista
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 What caused more Europeans to become interested in Asia? 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: the Ottoman Empire B: Marco Polo’s book D: Coronado’s explorations C: the Silk road
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 What are expeditions? 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 C 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: riches and powers A: new routes C: trips and voyages D: new lands
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 What are two present-day cities founded by the Dutch? 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 D 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: New Amsterdam and Fort Orange B: Boston and Albany D: New York and Albany C:Buffalo and New York
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 What was the goal of the Counter Reformation in the New World? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 A 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: convert the people to the Catholic Religion B: reform the churches D: convert the people to the Protestant religion C: establish colonies
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Colonists often built settlements near the sea or rivers because…. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: their charters required this location B: the weather was milder D: it made transporting people and supplies easier C. this offered protection against attacks
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 Which countries claimed land in the Americas? 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, France, China B: Spain, Germany, France, Belguim D: Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia C: Spain, Portugal, Russia, China
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Atlantic trade routes carried goods and enslaved people between.. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Africa, Asia, and the Americas B: Africa, Europe, and the Americas D: Asia, the Americas, and Europe C: the Cape of Good Hope and the West Indies
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Why did European traders begin to travel to Asia by sea? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Trade by land was dangerous and costly B: New technologies in sailing improved travel by sea C:the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople and blocked trade D: : all of the above
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 How were the explorations of Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortes similar? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B:They both explored for Spain in the Americas and conquered great empires. A: They both explored for Portugal and found the Fountain of Youth. C:Both sailed for France and found a new route to Asia. D:They were both on Dancing with the Explorers.
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 How were the explorations of Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortes different? 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Cortes explored for Spain and Pizarro explored for France. B: Cortes founded the Aztec and Pizarro founded the Incas. C: Cortes was for UCLA and Pizarro was a USC fan. D: Cortes went to Asia and Pizarro went to Piza.
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 What two tools improved sailing and why? 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 A 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: A screwdriver for building ships and a wrench for making a skateboard A: magnetic compass~showed North and Astrolabe used the sun and stars for navigation D: a really long extension cord that extends to shore and a ruler C: hammer for building boats and a saw for cutting wood
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15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 What was the Northwest Passage? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: the journey through Spain and France A: The 57 Freeway to the Brea Mall C: The Mississippi River to the St. Lawrence River D: The water route through N.America to the Pacific and through to Asia