Age of Exploration Quiz

Age of Exploration Quiz

9th - 12th Grade

18 Qs

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Age of Exploration Quiz

Age of Exploration Quiz

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the 1400s, the first Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?

finding a water route to India’s spices

finding natives who would trade with them

finding slaves who could be sold in other lands

finding a new world that no European had ever seen

2.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Match the explorers' pictures to their names

Christopher Columbus

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Francisco Pizzaro

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Hernan Cortes

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3.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Match the explorers' pictures to their names

Marco Polo

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Prince Henry

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Vasco de Gama

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4.

CLASSIFICATION QUESTION

3 mins • 13 pts

Sort each explorer into the country they explored for. It may be different than their nationality.

Groups:

(a) Spain

,

(b) Portugal

,

(c) England

,

(d) France

Louis Jolliet

Jacques Marquette

Francisco Pizzaro

Jacques Cartier

Walter Raleigh

Prince Henry

Vasco de Gama

Samuel de Champlain

Hernan Cortes

Juan Ponce de Leon

John Smith

Bartolomeu Dias

Christopher Columbus

5.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Place the colonization of the New World by Europeans in the correct chronological order

France

England

Spain

6.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the locations of European settlement in North America

a
b
c
Sweden
England
France
Portugal
Spain

7.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

The largest colony in the New World was ​ (a)   . Although, the first English settlement was ​ (b)   it was ultimately unsuccessful. Instead, English settlement begins with ​ (c)   in modern-day Virginia.

New Spain
New France
Jamestown
Roanoke
New England
Nova Scotia

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