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WorksheetsMr. Fruth's Explorer Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.
a)
Columbus
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Polo
d)
Magellan
2.
I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus. I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.
a)
Vespucci
b)
Cabot
c)
Erickson
d)
Balboa
3.
I crossed the Isthmus of Panama and found the Pacific Ocean as I climbed over a mountaintop.
a)
Balboa
b)
Vespucci
c)
Magellan
d)
Cabot
4.
I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
5.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?
a)
To search for gold and riches
b)
To make friends with the Native Americans
c)
To spread their religion
d)
The explorers want to become famous.
6.
_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
d)
Jacques Cartier
7.
What was the main accomplishment of exploration?
a)
The discovery of new lands
b)
Riches and valuable gold
c)
Natural resources like large forest and fish
d)
Learning to grow crops from Native Americans
8.
Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in______.
a)
Florida
b)
Canada
c)
the Bahamas
d)
Hudson Bay
9.
_____________ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and explored over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Vasco Nunea Balboa
d)
Christopher Columbus
10.
Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?
a)
England
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Spain
11.
What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?
a)
To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
b)
To claim land in Canada
c)
To explore the Hudson Bay
d)
None of the above
12.
What was an outcome of John Cabot's attempt to find the Northwest Passage?
a)
He discovered fishing in Canada was extremely good and fishing companies moved there.
b)
He discovered Florida.
c)
He learned to grow corn from the natives.
d)
None of the above
13.
Which of the folowing is an obstacle faced by the early explorers?
a)
bad weather
b)
no maps
c)
ran out of supplies
d)
all of the above
14.
This ship enabled explorers and merchants to travel longer distances at faster speeds while also carrying more cargo and led to more ocean exploration.
a)
caravan
b)
junks
c)
ship
d)
caravel
15.
This enabled the Europeans to travel overland to Asia to trade cities
a)
Ships
b)
Silk Road
c)
Silk
d)
Spices
16.
Someone who makes maps is called a
a)
map maker
b)
cartographer
c)
explorer
d)
Columbus
17.
This invention helped explorers to navigate by using the stars or the position of the sun.
a)
compass
b)
GPS
c)
astrolabe
d)
map
18.
Who came up with the theory that you could reach Asia by simply sailing around the tip of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Marco Polo
c)
The Pope
d)
Diaz
19.
Portugal was the first country to
a)
sail for England
b)
have explorers
c)
sail around Africa
d)
sail around Australia
20.
This country decided to cut themselves off from the rest of the world and burn all their records of anyone who had ever gone exploring.
a)
Portugal
b)
Europe
c)
China
d)
Asia
21.
Renaissance means...
a)
redo
b)
rebirth
c)
ressurect
d)
reassure
22.
Bartolomeu Diaz was the first person to
a)
sail for Africa
b)
sail around Africa
c)
sail to the tip of Africa
d)
sail to India
23.
Vasco Da Gama was the first person to...
a)
Sail to Africa
b)
Sail around Africa to India
c)
Sail to the tip of Africa
d)
Sail to Australia
24.
Diaz and Da Gama were both hired to go exploring and sailing for which country?
a)
Europe
b)
Spain
c)
China
d)
Portugal
25.
The Aztecs were an ancient empire that lived in what is now today...
a)
Australia
b)
Mexico
c)
South America
d)
America
26.
The Cape of Good Hope is located
a)
Southern tip of Africa
b)
North of Africa
c)
South of America
d)
South America
27.
Which of the following is NOT part of the 3 G's of reasons that Europeans explored?
a)
Gold
b)
Guts
c)
God
d)
Glory
28.
Which explorer from Spain was the first to circumnavigate(circle) the globe? Actually, he was killed in the modern day Philippines, his crew of 17 and 1 ship traveled around the world.
a)
Balboa
b)
Cartier
c)
Columbus
d)
Magellen
29.
In order to keep peace between Spain and Portugal, the Pope divided the world into two parts. Giving the western end for Spain and eastern end for Portugal.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Slaves were brought over from Australia by the Spaniards to work the sugar cane fields.
a)
True
b)
False
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