The Age of Sail
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- Q1
Which type of boat had both oars and sails?
Felucca
Canoes
Reed boats
Longships
20s - Q2
Which group of people used longships to travel?
Franks
The Vikings
Normans
Visigoths
20s - Q3
Which of these was not typically consumed by sailors?
Canned food
Hard biscuits
Heavily salted meat
Dairy products
20s - Q4
People employed by the government to ransack the ships of other countries are -
Merchants
Expeditioners
Pirates
Privateers
20s - Q5
The Egyptians made reed boats for -
Short distances
Build the pyramids
Hunt whales
Long distance travel
20s - Q6
Deficiency of Vitamin C resulted in -
Scurvy
Anaemia
Beriberi
Night blindness
20s - Q7
Which of these were a threat to sailors?
Storms and hurricanes
All of the options
Icebergs and pirates
Privateers and scurvy
20s - Q8
Dugout canoes were the earliest ships that originated in -
Egypt
China
Netherlands
Belgium
20s - Q9
The front of the ship is the -
Stern
Port
Starboard
Bow
20s - Q10
The back of the ship is the -
Forecastle
Hull
Deck
Stern
20s - Q11
On which portion of the ship would the sailors rest on hammocks -
Forecastle
Bridge
Underwater
Deck
20s - Q12
Loading and unloading cargo on a ship is always done from the -
Scurvy
Pirates
Starboard
Port
20s - Q13
They repair damages on the ship, cook for the crew and mend the sails -
First Mate
Shipmaster
Idlers
Crew Mates
20s - Q14
The person in charge of steering the ship, looking out for dangers and adjusting the sails is -
Idlers
Crew Mates
Shipmaster
First Mate
20s - Q15
Who orders supplies, navigates, handles paperwork, chooses the crew and maps the route during a voyage?
Crew Mates
Idlers
Shipmaster
First Mate
20s