7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 11
Exploration & Empire
Ocean voyages, colonies and their costs
What your child practices
European voyages of exploration, the Columbian Exchange, colonialism in the Americas, Africa and Asia and resistance to it, the expulsion of Jewish communities and the origins of antisemitism.
Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6/7.H.CE.7; 6/7.G.HE.7; 6/7.H.CC.6; 6/7.H.CP.11 · how conquest and colonialism affected peoples and cultures, Indigenous resistance, and the history of anti-Judaism
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to…
- reach the Moon
- cross the Sahara
- sail all the way around the world
sail all the way around the world
Hint: It sailed from 1519 to 1522.
Question 2
In 1492, Spain's rulers ordered Jewish people to…
- become rulers
- convert to Christianity or leave the country
- sail with Columbus
convert to Christianity or leave the country
Hint: Many fled to North Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
Question 3
By 1900, European empires had colonized most of…
- Europe
- Antarctica
- Africa
Africa
Hint: Only Ethiopia and Liberia stayed independent.
Question 4
Jewish communities were expelled from England in…
- 1950
- 1290
- 1776
1290
Hint: They were not allowed back until the 1650s.
Question 5
The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) divided newly claimed lands between…
- China and Japan
- Spain and Portugal
- France and England
Spain and Portugal
Hint: No Native nations were asked.
Question 6
Ships in the 1500s to 1800s also carried… across the Atlantic against their will.
- Inca rulers
- enslaved Africans
- European kings
enslaved Africans
Hint: This was the Middle Passage.