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title: Explorers and how the world was mapped — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World
description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» of the world 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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# Explorers and how the world was mapped

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The 17 questions of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t1/) — A sailor measures the Pole Star higher and higher in the sky each night. Which way is the ship sailing? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t2/) — Columbus called the people he met «Indians». What does this name show about his belief? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t3/) — Which explorer's journey happened first? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t4/) — A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Earth. What did this prove to everyone? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t5/) — At local noon a navigator's clock, set to home time, shows 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Where is the ship? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t6/) — Why did the poles and Everest stay unreached long after the coasts were mapped? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t7/) — A clock on a ship loses one hour during a long voyage. What happens to the longitude the sailors work out? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t8/) — Which is true about Polynesian navigators? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t9/) — Why can we now map places no explorer ever walked? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t10/) — who got to the south pole first — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t11/) — how'd sailors work out longitude at sea back then — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t12/) — Leo says Columbus was the first European to reach America. true? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t13/) — my sister reckons Magellan sailed all the way round the world himself. right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Columbus in 1492? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/e2/) — Identify the team which first reached the South Pole, together with the year thereof. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning latitude and longitude. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/e4/) — It is given that the Earth turns 15 degrees of longitude every hour. Determine the difference in longitude between two places whose local times differ by two hours. — wrong ✗ · exam

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