The Age of Exploration - Explorer Assessment

In 1497, which Portuguese explorer found a water route to Asia by traveling east around Africa?

• Henry the Navigator

• Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Columbus

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that always points to the north?

• Steam Engine

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Rudder

Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?

• horses and major diseases

• squash, pumpkins, and turkeys

• cocoa and horses

• cocoa and llamas

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust

• to connect

• court

• conquerors

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

In 1534, what French explorer sailed inland along the St. Lawrence River and claimed much of eastern Canada for France? He also started the settlement of Montreal!

• La Salle

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Magellan

What is the movement of people, plants, and animals from the old world to the new world called?

• The Great Exchange

• The Columbus Effect

• The Great Expedition

• The Columbian Exchange

What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

• the Dutch
• the English
• the Spanish
• the Vikings

Which European country sponsored Columbus' expedition in 1492? (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)

• England
• France
• Spain
• Portugual

Which explorer was given credit for being the first to sail all the way around the world? (He actually died before his ship made it back.)

• Balboa
• Cabot
• Magellan
• De Soto