Age of Exploration Quiz- Pink

What is the Age of Exploration?

• A time when people explored space

• A period when European countries explored the world

• A time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth

• A period of ancient Egyptian civilization

What did Magellan's crew do?

• Built the first airplane

• Discovered America

• Sailed around the world

• Invented the telephone

What is one thing that explorers wanted to trade?

• Computers

• Spices

• Cars

• Televisions

What new tool helped people explore during the Age of Exploration?

• Caravels

• Bicycles

• Trains

• Airplanes

Which country was one of the first to start exploring?

• Italy

• Portugal

• Germany

• Russia

What did Vasco da Gama bring back from India?

• Gold

• Spices

• Animals

• Maps

What did Christopher Columbus think he found when he landed in the Caribbean?

• New continents

• The Indies

• Africa

• Australia

What did the Age of Exploration bring to different parts of the world?

• New languages

• New crops, animals, and ideas

• New sports

• New schools

What was a big change caused by the Age of Exploration?

• People stopped trading

• New trade and discoveries changed the world

• People forgot about Asia

• No new lands were found

What was the significance of Vasco da Gama's voyage?

• He discovered the Americas.

• He was the first to sail directly from Europe to India.

• He circumnavigated the globe.

• He discovered the Cape of Good Hope.