Age of Exploration Test Review

Which of the following is NOT an incentive for Europeans to explore the world?

• to convert people to Christianity

• to find gold and silver

• to obtain spices from Asia

• to spread Islam

What two technological advancements aided the Europeans in their exploration of the New World?

• improved ship designs and the seed drill

• the telescope and the microscope

• the compass and the smelting furnace

• improved ship designs and navigational tools

Why did most European countries explore westward across the Atlantic Ocean rather than eastward around Africa?

• Portugal had a monopoly of the eastward route, forcing other nations westward.

• The Pope commanded European nations to travel westward.

• Wars with African tribes made the eastward route very dangerous and costly.

• Most European nations believed that the eastward route was infested with dangerous giant squids.

England created most of its North American colonies in what region?

• East Coast

• Mississippi River Valley

• West Coast

• Yucatan Peninsula

Who was the first person to lead a voyage that went all the way around the world?

• Pedro Cabral

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Francis Drake

Which three countries led European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

• Belgium, Greece and Poland

• Ireland, Norway and Denmark

• Russia, Italy and Germany

• Portugal, Spain and England

Europeans wanted to find water routes to Asia. Which Portuguese explorer was the first to do this by sailing around the tip of Africa then to India?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Pedro Cabral

• Francis Drake

Which of the following associations is incorrect?

• Spain / Pizzaro and Cortez

• England / Sir Francis Drake

• Portugal / Vasco da Gama

• Spain / John Cabot

This map shows the exploration routes of two European nations. For what were these countries searching?

• an advanced civilization with whom they could share technology

• a water route to Asia to make trading quicker and easier

• new plants that could be made into medicines

• the perfect territory on which to establish a new nation

According to the map, which country explored what is known as present day Quebec in Canada?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France