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title: Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 33 «Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires

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The 15 questions of lesson 33 «Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t1/) — My teacher said Columbus discovered the Earth was round. That right? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t2/) — In EU5 a Portuguese explorer quickly maps the route round Africa. How long did it really take? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t3/) — A cartoon shows Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards beating the Aztecs alone. What does it leave out? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t4/) — A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. Is she right? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t5/) — If caravels had only square sails, what would have been harder? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t6/) — ugh Pizarro got the gold AND killed the emperor anyway?? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t7/) — your mate says Brazil speaks Portuguese cos it's near Portugal lol — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t8/) — A ship leaves Acapulco loaded with silver and comes back with silk and porcelain. What is it? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t9/) — Your friend says Henry the Navigator sailed further than anyone. What is wrong? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t10/) — 1492 was a big year. Which list is right? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/t11/) — If no new diseases had crossed the ocean, what would most likely be different? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/e1/) — Identify the navigator who first attained India by circumnavigating the African continent, together with the year thereof. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the knowledge of educated Europeans concerning the shape of the Earth in 1492? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/e3/) — Ascertain the principal factors which enabled a small Spanish force to subjugate Tenochtitlan in 1521. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/e4/) — State the commodity from which the territory of Brazil derives its name. — wrong ✗ · exam

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