7/14/26, 9:50 PM Quiz # 1 (Origins and Motives): HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Quiz # 1 (Origins and Motives)
Due Jul 8 at 11:59pm
Points 30 HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026
Questions 15 Summer B) Quizzes 1-5
Available until Jul 8 at 11:59pm
Questions and Answers.
Time Limit 15 Minutes
Instructions
Please select the best answer to the following questions:
This quiz was locked Jul 8 at 11:59pm.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 4 minutes 30 out of 30
Score for this quiz: 30 out of 30
Submitted Jul 3 at 10:55am
This attempt took 4 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2 /2 pts
Why did the Chinese emperor Yongle send Zheng He on seven voyages in the early fifteenth century?
To project power and gain tribute from neighboring states.
To conquer the New World.
To explore and map the globe.
To discover new lands.
Correct answer
Question 2
2/2pts
Why did the Portuguese begin the exploration of the west African coast?
To subjegate the people and aquire slaves.
They were curious to discover what lay to their south.
To find a sea route to Asia.
To find gold and other precious metals.
Correct answer
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Question 3
2/2pts
Who was the primary promoter and sponsor of Portuguese exploration?
Charles V
JohnIl
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
Correct answer
Question 4
2/2pts
What was the intellectual temper of the sixteenth century?
skeptical and intellectually rigorous
timid and close minded
conservative and respectful of authority
open and curious.
Correct answer
Question 5
2/2pts
What was the relationship between science and technology in the sixteenth century?
Science did not yet exist, but its beginings emerged out of the need to solve technological problems.
They were virtually indistinguishable from each other in the sixteenth century.
They were separate fields of study and rarely were brought to bear on the other.
They were complementary fields of knowledge that often came together in practice.
Correct answer
Question 6
2 /2 pts
Why does J.H. Parry call this time period "The Age of Reconnaissance"?
Because the voyages were about mapping the unknown world.
Because it reflects the broader context in which the voyages of discovery took place.
Parry actually believes that the better term is "The Age of Discovery."
Because the voyages were not about discovery for its own sake. It was a time of was a time of tentative beginnings.
Correct answer
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Question 7
2/2pts
Which influential writer is known for his tall tales and lying wonders?
Claudius Ptolemy
Marco Polo
John Mandeville
Roger Bacon
Correct answer
Question 8
2/2pts
Mappae-mundi were
charts that helped explorers kept track of their movements.
navigational instruments used by fifteenth-century explorers to known their location on the globe.
maps used by fifteenth-century explorers.
maps that were less about geography and more about religion.
Correct answer
Question 9
2/2pts
Why did educated European revere the works of scholars from the ancient world?
They were mostly revered for their works of art and achitecture that were visually on display in the world around them.
They believed that they were more civilized and more knowledgeabile..
Because they did not actually have access to that knowledge. If they had they would have likely had a different opinion.
They were steeped in legends of the ancient world.
Correct answer
Question 10
2/
2 pts
Claudius Ptolemy was
a well known compiler of travelers' tales which inspired many of the great European explorers.
a famous chronicler of Henry the Navigator's reconnaissance voyages to Africa.
a second-century scholar whose work Geography played a significant role during the Age of Exploration.
famous for his detailed mappae-mundi.
Correct answer
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Quiz # 1 (Origins and Motives)
Due Jul 8 at 11:59pm
Points 30 HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026
Questions 15 Summer B) Quizzes 1-5
Available until Jul 8 at 11:59pm
Questions and Answers.
Time Limit 15 Minutes
Instructions
Please select the best answer to the following questions:
This quiz was locked Jul 8 at 11:59pm.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 4 minutes 30 out of 30
Score for this quiz: 30 out of 30
Submitted Jul 3 at 10:55am
This attempt took 4 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2 /2 pts
Why did the Chinese emperor Yongle send Zheng He on seven voyages in the early fifteenth century?
To project power and gain tribute from neighboring states.
To conquer the New World.
To explore and map the globe.
To discover new lands.
Correct answer
Question 2
2/2pts
Why did the Portuguese begin the exploration of the west African coast?
To subjegate the people and aquire slaves.
They were curious to discover what lay to their south.
To find a sea route to Asia.
To find gold and other precious metals.
Correct answer
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,7/14/26, 9:50 PM Quiz # 1 (Origins and Motives): HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Question 3
2/2pts
Who was the primary promoter and sponsor of Portuguese exploration?
Charles V
JohnIl
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
Correct answer
Question 4
2/2pts
What was the intellectual temper of the sixteenth century?
skeptical and intellectually rigorous
timid and close minded
conservative and respectful of authority
open and curious.
Correct answer
Question 5
2/2pts
What was the relationship between science and technology in the sixteenth century?
Science did not yet exist, but its beginings emerged out of the need to solve technological problems.
They were virtually indistinguishable from each other in the sixteenth century.
They were separate fields of study and rarely were brought to bear on the other.
They were complementary fields of knowledge that often came together in practice.
Correct answer
Question 6
2 /2 pts
Why does J.H. Parry call this time period "The Age of Reconnaissance"?
Because the voyages were about mapping the unknown world.
Because it reflects the broader context in which the voyages of discovery took place.
Parry actually believes that the better term is "The Age of Discovery."
Because the voyages were not about discovery for its own sake. It was a time of was a time of tentative beginnings.
Correct answer
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, 7/14/26, 9:50 PM Quiz # 1 (Origins and Motives): HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Question 7
2/2pts
Which influential writer is known for his tall tales and lying wonders?
Claudius Ptolemy
Marco Polo
John Mandeville
Roger Bacon
Correct answer
Question 8
2/2pts
Mappae-mundi were
charts that helped explorers kept track of their movements.
navigational instruments used by fifteenth-century explorers to known their location on the globe.
maps used by fifteenth-century explorers.
maps that were less about geography and more about religion.
Correct answer
Question 9
2/2pts
Why did educated European revere the works of scholars from the ancient world?
They were mostly revered for their works of art and achitecture that were visually on display in the world around them.
They believed that they were more civilized and more knowledgeabile..
Because they did not actually have access to that knowledge. If they had they would have likely had a different opinion.
They were steeped in legends of the ancient world.
Correct answer
Question 10
2/
2 pts
Claudius Ptolemy was
a well known compiler of travelers' tales which inspired many of the great European explorers.
a famous chronicler of Henry the Navigator's reconnaissance voyages to Africa.
a second-century scholar whose work Geography played a significant role during the Age of Exploration.
famous for his detailed mappae-mundi.
Correct answer
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