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The Age of Exploration

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. The explorers used navigation to find their way.

a. celestial
b. rural
c. GPS

2. Muhammad Ibn Battuta was .
a. Moroccan

b. English
c. Spanish
3. The were the first to organize widespread exploration of the world.

a. Spanish
b. English

c. Portuguese
4. The southern tip of became known as the “Cape of Good Hope.”

a. South America
b. Africa
c. Europe

5. Christopher Columbus thought that he had reached when he arrived
at the Americas.
a. China
b. Italy

c. India
6. The Dutch decided to migrate because they lacked the land that would support
.

a. farming
b. hunting
c. traveling

7. The first British settlement was named after the .
a. queen

b. main explorer
c. king
8. Settlers of the Maryland Colony focused on the industry.

a. tobacco
b. textile

c. mining
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