Age of Exploration Practice Exam

The historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as the...

• Renaissance

• Age of Reason

• Age of Understanding

• Middle Ages

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Nina, Pinta and ...

• Cortez.

• Isabella.

• Santa Maria.

• Tordesillas.

Who was the first Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America?

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizarro

England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a ....

• Route to Africa.

• southwest passage to Australia.

• route to South America.

• northwest passage to Asia.

Whose voyage was used by England as the basis for its claims to North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert de La Salle

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer’s crew was the first to sail around the world?

• John Cabot’s

• Ponce de Leon’s

• Christopher Columbus’

• Ferdinand Magellan’s

Henry Hudson claimed land in the Hudson River area for ....

• The Dutch

• The Spanish

• The French

• The English

The exchange of diseases, ideas and food crops between Europe and the Americas is known as

• the American Exchange.

• the Trade Passage.

• the Columbian Exchange.

• the Northwest Passage.

America is named after the Italian mapmaker

• Amerigo Vespucci.

• Americano da Venci.

• Francisco Amerado.

• Christopher Columbus.

What was Columbus looking for on his 1492 voyage?

• a westward trade route to Africa.

• a trade route across the Bering Strait.

• a westward trade route to Asia.

• a trade route across the Bering Strait.