Early Maps & World Geography Understanding Exercise

Early Maps & World Geography Understanding

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Early Maps & World Geography Understanding

Examine early mapmaking and how geographic knowledge developed during the age of discovery. Learn how cartographers documented newly explored regions of the world.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    Early European cartographers did not know which two landmasses stood between Europe and Asia?

  2. MultiChoice

    Which cartographer published a 1507 world map labeling the new continent 'America'?

  3. MultiChoice

    Who was the continent of America named after?

  4. MultiChoice

    Why were 16th-century maps of the Americas inaccurate by modern standards?

  5. MultiChoice

    What spherical model best represents the true 3D shape of the Earth?

  6. MultiChoice

    Amerigo Vespucci was among the first to realize the Americas were what?

  7. MultiChoice

    Which ocean separates Europe and Africa from the Americas?

  8. MultiChoice

    Which ocean lies directly to the west of North and South America?

  9. MultiChoice

    In which half of the Earth are North and South America located?

  10. MultiChoice

    What imaginary water route across North America appeared on early maps?

  11. MultiChoice

    What book containing a collection of geographic maps is called?

  12. WordsBox

    ____ ____ realized the Americas were a separate new continent.