Grade 8 · World history
This quiz helps revise “The Age of Discovery” in World history for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: Sailing Preparations, Famous Voyages, American Societies, Conquest and Revolt, A Changed World. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What costly food seasonings, including pepper and cloves, did Europeans seek to buy directly in Asia?
What is the instrument with a magnetic needle that helps sailors find their direction?
What is this small…
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In the gameWho sailed west in 1492 seeking a route to Asia and reached the Caribbean islands?
Who reached India by sea around Africa in 1498?
Which Portuguese navigator rounded…
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In the gameWhich treaty of 1494…
In the gameWhat is the grain crop with cobs that was a staple food in Mesoamerica before Europeans arrived?
Which South American mountain range formed the heartland of the Inca Empire, whose capital was Cusco?
Which people built the…
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What were the Spanish expedition members shown here, who conquered lands in the Americas, called?
Who led the Spanish campaign that brought down the empire ruled by Montezuma the Second?
Who led the Spanish…
In the gameWhich disease caused the…
In the gameWhich system gave Spanish…
In the gameWhat two-word name did Europeans use for the Americas in contrast with Europe, Asia and Africa?
Across which ocean did slave traders forcibly transport enslaved Africans to the Americas?
What is the American…
In the gameWhat term describes transfers…
In the gameWhat two-word term names…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.
