WorksheetsSilk Road & Explorers
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why were spices so expensive for Europeans in the 15th century?
a)
Few people had permission to sell spices.
b)
Growing spices required a lot of labor.
c)
Spices were located in East Asia.
d)
Spices were difficult to grow.
2.
Why were spices so important to Europeans in the 1400s?
a)
Europeans used spices like salt and cinnamon in tea.
b)
Europeans used spices like salt and pepper to make pesticides (a liquid or powder that kills bugs).
c)
Europeans needed spices to preserve meat.
d)
Europeans used spices to make their foods spicy.
3.
Three technologies that allowed Europeans to navigate and move quickly in the ocean were:
a)
cartographers, caravels, compasses
b)
continents, compasses, astrolabes
c)
astrolabes, compasses, explorers
d)
compasses, astrolabes, caravels
4.
Why did Europeans in the 1400s begin to be very interested in sea travel?
a)
Europeans wanted to test their new navigational equipment.
b)
Europeans were looking for rich farmland to grow spices.
c)
Europeans were looking for North and South America.
d)
Europeans wanted to find a water passage to India and China for goods.
5.
India and China are _____________ in the _________ of Asia.
a)
continents in the country of
b)
states in the country of
c)
countries in the continent of
d)
countries in the city of
6.
a)
The red line shows the route of the crew paid for by Prince Henry the Navigator.
b)
The red line shows Bartolomeo Dias's route.
c)
The red line shows the route Columbus took.
d)
The red line shows the route Vasco Da Gama took.
7.
a)
This is the route of the crew paid for by Prince Henry the Navigator.
b)
This is Bartolomeo Dias's route.
c)
This is Vasco da Gama's route.
d)
This is Columbus's route.
8.
a)
This is the route of the crew paid for by Prince Henry the Navigator.
b)
This is Bartolomeo Dias's route.
c)
This is Vasco da Gama's route.
d)
This is Columbus's route.
9.
a)
This is the route of the crew paid for by Prince Henry the Navigator.
b)
This is Bartolomeo Dias's route.
c)
This is Vasco da Gama's route.
d)
This is Columbus's route.
10.
a)
This is the route of the crew paid for by Prince Henry the Navigator.
b)
This is Bartolomeo Dias's route.
c)
This is the route Magellan and crew took to circumnavigate the world.
d)
This is Columbus's route.
11.
a)
The arrow points to where Magellan and crew stopped to rest.
b)
The arrow points to where Magellan and crew ran into a terrible storm, but then kept going.
c)
The arrow points to where Magellan was killed, but the crew kept going by eating rats and leather.
d)
The arrow points to where Magellan and crew found buried treasure.
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