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What is the name of the navigation tool shown to the right?
chronometer
astrolabe
sextant
compass
A(n) ________________ is used to measure the angle of the North Star at night and the angle of the sun at noon during the day.
lodestone
chronometer
compass
astrolabe
Henry Hudson was in search of _______________.
fur trade posts
New York City
a Northwest Passage
Canada
Which Canadian city was established by Samuel de Champlain?
Montreal
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Which explorer is known for raiding and plundering the areas to which he sailed?
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Sir Francis Drake
Samuel de Champlain
What is the name of the technique scientists use to date things that were once alive?
domestication
carbon dating
archaeology
DNA research
What do we call the line pictured on the globe?
prime meridian
equator
international date line
longitude line
Which explorer is known as the "Father of New France"?
Samuel de Champlain
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
The Spanish referred to Sir Francis Drake as a "sea dog" because of things he did while exploring.
Select the facts below that you know to be true about Drake, based on this week's Studies Weekly:
raided and plundered Spanish cities in the Caribbean
made the new world safer for English settlers
attacked Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
circumnavigated the world
Match each European explorer with the area where they established colonies and/or trading posts.
Sieur de La Salle
Hudson River Area
Henry Hudson
east coast of Canada
John Cabot
Great Lakes area
The search for a shorter trade route to Asia led European explorers to establish colonies and trading posts in North_________________________along their way.