Exploration and Empire Expansion Quiz

The area of the world where silk and spices were obtained by European traders. _____________

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• America

The name of the route that became too dangerous for European traders because of the decline of the Mongol Empire. _______________________________________

• Silk Road

• Spice Route

• Amber Road

• Incense Route

Copy out the three technological advances that helped explorers cross oceans more safely.

• Compass, Astrolabe, Caravel

• Steam Engine, Telegraph, Radar

• Hot Air Balloon, Bicycle, Telegraph

• Printing Press, Typewriter, Telegraph

Which country first sailed along Africa’s coast and round the Cape of Good Hope?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

What did Giovanni Caboto discover when he claimed Newfoundland? _______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

• Newfoundland and Labrador

• Greenland

• Iceland

• Nova Scotia

What was the Northwest Passage? ___________________________________________________

• A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean

• A land route connecting North America and Asia

• A trade route connecting Europe and Africa

• A river connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

Which First Nations group fought often with the British, starved and died of disease, and eventually became extinct?

• Beothuk

• Iroquois

• Huron

• Cree

Which explorer discovered Stadacona and Hochelaga?

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer fought the Haudenosaunee with his Innu, Algonquin and Kichesipirini allies?

• Christopher Columbus

• Samuel de Champlain

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

Name the two settlements that Samuel de Champlain founded in today’s Canada.

• Quebec City and Montreal

• Quebec City and Port Royal

• Montreal and Toronto

• Port Royal and Halifax