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European Explorers

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A sickness that many explorers faced during their travels. 
a)
Scurvy
b)
Monarch
c)
Political
d)
Navigation
2.
An adventure story told about brave deeds. 
a)
saga
b)
monarch
c)
cartographer 
d)
Renaissance
3.
Managing goods and services for financial reasons.
a)
economical
b)
political
c)
navigation
d)
saga
4.
relating to the government
a)
political
b)
economical
c)
cartographer
d)
monarch
5.
An age of thought, learning, art and science. 
a)
Renaissance
b)
saga
c)
monarch
d)
navigation
6.
Map Maker
a)
cartographer
b)
political
c)
economical
d)
saga
7.
The study of how to plan and control the course of the ship.
a)
navigation
b)
cartographer
c)
monarch
d)
scurvy
8.
Kings or queens
a)
monarchs
b)
economical
c)
cartographer
d)
navigation
9.
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in present-day ...
a)
Iceland
b)
United States
c)
Canada
d)
Greenland
10.
Who was the first European to land in North America? 
a)
Leif Erikson
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Marco Polo
11.
Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to unknown lands? 
a)
They didn't have maps
b)
They thought there were sea monsters
c)
Their ships were slow
d)
All of the above
12.
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted...
a)
silk, spices, and gold
b)
clocks, mirrors, and beads
c)
wood, sea shells, and silver
d)
vegetables, spices and fruit
13.
Trade between Europe and Asia was stopped wen the Turks captured...
a)
Roanoke
b)
Rome
c)
Damascus
d)
Constantinople
14.
How did the capture in Constantinople encourage exploration? 
a)
It opened up trade routes
b)
They realized they didn't need maps
c)
They now wanted to find a western route to Asia
d)
They didn't care to explore the unknown.
15.
Who landed in North America in 1492 but thought he was in the Indies? 
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
John Cabot
16.
While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus's sailors ready for a mutiny? 
a)
They saw Native Americans
b)
They were cometing with other sailors to get to Asia first
c)
They were fighting over gold
d)
They didn't think Columbus had a good plan
17.
Where did Columbus first land? 
a)
Bahamas
b)
South Carolina
c)
Greenland
d)
Spain
18.
What explorer's ship was the first to sail around the world? 
a)
Leif Erikson
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Marco Polo
19.
What explorer's ship was the first to sail around the world? 
a)
Leif Erikson
b)
Christopher COlumbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
John Cabot
20.
Who circumnavigated the world? 
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
John Cabot
21.
Which ocean did Magellan name? 
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Arctic
d)
Indian
22.
mutiny means to 
a)
take over
b)
run away
c)
swim
d)
dance
23.
How did some of Magellan's sailors die? 
a)
Hunger
b)
Battle
c)
Scurvy
d)
All of the above
24.
What year did Leif Erikson land in North America? 
a)
900
b)
100
c)
1000
d)
1492
25.
Put these European Explorers in order from EARLIEST to LATEST
a)
Erikson/Columbus/Magellan
b)
Magellan/Columbus/Erikson
c)
Magellan/Erikson/Columbus
d)
Columbus/Erikson/Magellan
26.
Magellan started sailing around the world in what year? 
a)
1000
b)
1492
c)
1519
d)
2016
27.
Ferdinand Magellan is from what European country? 
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
Italy
d)
America
28.
Magellan sailed for which country? 
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
Italy
d)
America
29.
Movement of people, animals, plants,  and diseases between Eastern/Western hemispheres. 
a)
Colombian Exchange
b)
Saga
c)
Monarch
d)
Game Exchange
30.
Europeans brought back home ____, ____, ____, and ____ from America. 
a)
corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans
b)
gold, silver, silk
c)
animals, technology
d)
planes, trains and automobiles
31.
What was John Cabot's motivation to explore? 
a)
To find the Northwest passage
b)
To sail around the world
c)
To sail East
d)
To find the New World
32.

Why is John Cabot compared to Columbus?

a)

They both died at sea

b)

Born on the same day

c)

Both first set sail in 1492

d)

Both were handsome gents

33.
Cabot found a ____ fishing ground he claimed for England. 
a)
cod
b)
salmon
c)
catfish
d)
koi
34.
What was Hernando DeSoto's motivation to explore? 
a)
He was searching for gold
b)
He wanted to sail East
c)
He wanted to sail around the world 
d)
First to discover North America
35.
What was one of Hernando DeSoto's accomplishments? 
a)
He discovered the Mississippi River
b)
He found the Northwest Passage
c)
He sailed around the world
d)
First to discover North America
36.
Which explorer claimed land in the Southeastern U.S...
a)
Hernando DeSoto
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Robert LaSalle
d)
John Cabot
37.
DeSoto used a CAVALRY to take over the Southeast of the U.S.
What is a CAVALRY? 
a)
Army with horses
b)
Navy with seals
c)
group of soldiers
d)
Airforce
38.
Henry Hudson's motivation to explore was to...
a)
Find the Northwest Passage
b)
Discover America
c)
Sail around the world
d)
Claim independence from Great Britain
39.
Hudson sailed for ___ and ___. 
a)
Dutch and England
b)
Spanish and Dutch
c)
America and England
d)
Spain
40.
Robert LaSalle's motivation to explore was...
a)
Explore and establish fur trade routes along the Mississisppi
b)
Sail around the world
c)
 Eat cupcakes
d)
Discover Amerca
41.
Robert LaSalle claimed the mouth of the ____ river. 
a)
Mississisppi
b)
Colorado
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
42.
What two explorers wanted to find the Northwest passage? 
a)
Hudson/Cabot
b)
Columbus/Erikson
c)
DeSoto/LaSalle
d)
Cabot/Columbus
43.
Which of the following was NOT a reason to explore for European Explorers? 
a)
Riches 
b)
Religion
c)
Reputation
d)
Robbery
44.
Which of the following would NOT be an obstacle an European Explorer faced??
a)
Maps
b)
Weather
c)
Technology
d)
Fear
45.
Which direction did all of our European Explorers travel? 
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
46.

There was an expansion of international trade.

a)

Economic Factor

b)

Political Factor

c)

Technological Factor

47.

Merchants brought spices from the Far East to Europe to trade for a profit

a)

Economic Factor

b)

Political Factor

c)

Technological Factor

48.

Competition between nation states

a)

Economic Factor

b)

Political Factor

c)

Technological Factor

49.

English monarchs began to send explorers to the New World in fear of other countries doing so to become more powerful.

a)

Economic Factor

b)

Political Factor

c)

Technological Factor

50.

The construction of the "caravel" a small and faster ship.

a)

Economic Factor

b)

Political Factor

c)

Technological Factor

51.

The use of a compass, astrolabe and the ability to read stars to plot location were all...

a)

Economic Factors

b)

Political Factors

c)

Technological Factors

52.

What 3 types of factors helped motivate Europeans to sail to the New World?

a)

Economical, Political and Technological

b)

Mom, Dad and Teacher

c)

Navigational, Independent and Monarch

d)

Ship building, Money making and dancing

53.

What did we call the open trade between the New World and Old World?

a)

Cabot Exchange

b)

Magellan Exchange

c)

Colombian Exchange

d)

Columbus Exchange

54.

What is the Colombian Exchange?

a)

The exchange of goods between the New and Old World.

b)

The exchange of goods between nation states

c)

The exchange of goods in a store

d)

The exchange of goods between Europe and Asia.

55.

The New World consists of which continents?

a)

Europe, Africa, Asia

b)

North America and South America

c)

Europe, North America, Africa

d)

South America, Australia, Europe

56.

Which continents consist of the Old World?

a)

Europe, Africa, Asia

b)

North America and South America

c)

Europe, Africa, Australia

d)

Australia, Antarctica, Greenland

57.

To travel around the world

a)

circumappreciate

b)

circumnavigate

c)

circumcircle

d)

circumexchange

58.

To be kicked out of a setting (Erik the Red)

a)

exit

b)

exile

c)

mutiny

d)

bounce

59.

When the crew tries to take over the ship

a)

exile

b)

mutiny

c)

compromise

d)

monarch

60.

Which ocean did the explorers from the Old World need to cross in order to get to the New World?

a)

Pacific

b)

Arctic

c)

Southern

d)

Atlantic

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