Lesson Y205.1
Y205.1 Exploration Quiz: OCR History, Unit 2
20 questions
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Lesson Y205.1, Exploration: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR History (H505), Unit 2: Unit group 2: Non-British period study, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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Which Portuguese royal established a centre for navigation and exploration at Sagres?
- Vasco da Gama
- Prince Henry
- King John II
- Afonso de Albuquerque
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In which year did Christopher Columbus make his initial landfall in the Americas?
- 1498
- 1488
- 1504
- 1492
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Which 1494 treaty divided newly discovered non-European lands between Spain and Portugal?
- Treaty of Madrid
- Treaty of Alcáçovas
- Treaty of Zaragoza
- Treaty of Tordesillas
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Which Portuguese explorer became the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Diogo Cão
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Vasco da Gama
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Which Spanish conquistador led the military expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire?
- Diego de Almagro
- Pedro de Valdivia
- Hernán Cortés
- Francisco Pizarro
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Which Inca emperor was captured and executed by Francisco Pizarro at Cajamarca?
- Atahualpa
- Huáscar
- Pachacuti
- Túpac Amaru
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What type of light, manoeuvrable ship was developed by Portugal for Atlantic exploration?
- Frigate
- Caravel
- Galleon
- Carrack
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Which angle-measuring instrument did Renaissance navigators use to determine latitude from stars?
- Anemometer
- Chronometer
- Barometer
- Astrolabe
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Which explorer led the first European voyage to reach India by sea, arriving at Calicut?
- Vasco da Gama
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Afonso de Albuquerque
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What was the Spanish grant system called that entrusted indigenous labourers to colonial settlers?
- Encomienda system
- Mita system
- Asiento system
- Hacienda system
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Which explorer led the Spanish expedition that achieved the first circumnavigation of the globe?
- Hernán Cortés
- Christopher Columbus
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
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Which Portuguese governor established naval supremacy by capturing Goa in 1510 and Malacca in 1511?
- Afonso de Albuquerque
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Vasco da Gama
- Pedro Alvares Cabral
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What Spanish name was given to Malinche, the indigenous woman who served as interpreter for Cortés?
- Inés Suárez
- Isabel Moctezuma
- Anacaona
- Doña Marina
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At which famous mountain location in modern Bolivia did Spain discover massive silver deposits?
- Guanajuato
- Potosí
- Ouro Preto
- Zacatecas
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Which Dominican friar famously criticised Spanish atrocities against indigenous peoples?
- Francisco Pizarro
- Juan de Zumárraga
- Hernán Cortés
- Bartolomé de Las Casas
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Which 1529 agreement settled the Pacific line of demarcation between Spain and Portugal?
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- Treaty of Alcáçovas
- Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
- Treaty of Zaragoza
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The fall of which major Byzantine city to the Ottomans in 1453 spurred Atlantic trade routes?
- Trebizond
- Antioch
- Alexandria
- Constantinople
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Which legislation was issued by King Charles V in 1542 to limit the encomienda system?
- New Laws
- Laws of Burgos
- Code Noir
- Ordinances of Discovery
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Which Portuguese explorer became the first European captain to cross the Equator in 1473?
- Gil Eanes
- Lopo Gonçalves
- Diogo Cão
- Alvise Cadamosto
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Which captain completed the first global circumnavigation after Ferdinand Magellan died in the Philippines?
- Francisco Albo
- Antonio Pigafetta
- Gaspar de Lêdo
- Juan Sebastián Elcano
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