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Explorers

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1st European to discover North America
a)
Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Eriksson
d)
La Salle
2.

where was Ericson from?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Iceland/Viking

d)

France

3.
who was 1st European to circumnavigate the world
a)
Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
De Soto
d)
Cabot
4.
who did Magellan sail for
a)
Portugal
b)
Italy
c)
Spain
d)
France
5.
which explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 and was trying to reach India/Asia by going west but ended up in North america
a)
Magellan
b)
Columbus
c)
Hudson
d)
La Salle
6.

what do you call the exchange of plants and animals between the Americas and Europe in the 1400's and 1500's

a)

Neolithic Revolution

b)

Columbian exchange

c)

magellan Phillipines red paste

7.
what goods came to Americas
a)
Cattle, horses pigs disease sugar cane grains
b)
corn
c)
pumpkins
8.
what goods went to Europe from Americas in Columbian exchange
a)
Corn and potatoes
b)
sheep
c)
pigs
d)
sugarcane
9.
what crop led to the slave trade
a)
corn
b)
sugar cane
c)
pumpkins
d)
beand
10.
why did explorers explore
a)
god
b)
glory
c)
gold 
d)
all of these
11.
what technologies helped the explorers
a)
compass
b)
astrolabe
c)
ships..smaller faster
d)
all of these
12.
what is a navigational devise that shows n s e w
a)
compass
b)
caravel
c)
cartographer
d)
astrolabe
13.
what is a map maker called
a)
explorer
b)
king
c)
cartographer
d)
astrolabe
14.

what navigational device showed latitude

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

ship...caravel

d)

none of these

15.
who founded the navigation school
a)
columbus
b)
magellan
c)
prince henry
16.

Which Portuguese explorer reached India?

a)

Dias

b)

Da Gamma

c)

Columbus

d)

Prince Henry

17.

Which explorer's expedition was the first ever to sail around the world?

a)

Dias

b)

Da Gamma

c)

Columbus

d)

Magellan

18.

Where did Magellan's route start and end?

a)

Portugal

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Charleston, SC

19.

Whose voyages are shown

a)

Columbus

b)

Dias

c)

DaGamma

d)

MAgellan

20.

WHich explore's route is this?

a)

Columbus

b)

DaGamma

c)

Dias

d)

Magellan

21.

where were the first navigation schools?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

Italy

22.

Which country started the African Slave trade?

a)

England

b)

USA

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

23.

What allowed exploration and the reformation to happen?

a)

Renaissance

b)

printing press

c)

Humanism

d)

all of these

24.

You could have had pizza with tomato sauce in Italy before the Columbian Exchange

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The selling of forgiveness for sins was called selling_____

a)

pardons

b)

cheers

c)

saviours

d)

indulgences

26.

What Swiss Protestant Christian religion that believed in predestination

a)

Lutheran

b)

Anglican

c)

Calvinism

d)

none of these

27.

Where did the trial of Martin Luther take place

a)

Worms

b)

Germany

c)

Both of these

28.

What was the Diet of Worms?

a)

New weight loss method

b)

What poor people had to eat

c)

The verdict of the trial of Martin Luther

d)

The trial of Martin Luther

29.

What church did Henry VIII in England start?

a)

Lutheran

b)

Anglican

c)

Calvin

d)

CAtholic

30.

What caused the Catholic Church to reform itself?

a)

The Protestant Reformation

b)

Luther's 95 Theses

c)

people leaving the Catholic Church to attend Prtotestant ones

d)

all of these

31.

Which Renaissance invention allowed information to be shared rapidly which helped the reformation and exploration

a)

Caravel

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolabe

d)

printing Press

32.

Which explorer was the first European to explore Asia and tell of its riches?

a)

Columbus

b)

Ericson

c)

Polo

d)

Dias

33.

Which religion sponsored the Age of Exploration

a)

Protestant Christianity

b)

Roman Catholic Christianity

c)

Calvinism

d)

Anglicans

34.

The Puritans that later came to America on the Mayflower were form what Protestant Reformation religion?

a)

Lutheran

b)

Calvinism

c)

Anglican

d)

none of these

35.

Rebirth of art and culture in Europe after the Middle Ages

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Byzantine

d)

Roman Empire

36.

Who was the face of the Renaissance in England/

a)

Da Vinci

b)

MIchelangelo

c)

SHakespeare

d)

none of these

37.

Who created the printing press

a)

Gutenberg

b)

da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Polo

38.

Where did the Renaissance start

a)

Florence, Italy

b)

Milan, Italy

c)

Genoa, Italy

d)

none of these

39.

Magellan named the_________, because it was peaceful

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

40.

The straits of Magellan, where he traveled on his journey around the world, are in the southern part of what continent?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Australia