WorksheetsExplorers
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
A person who brought spices from the Far East to Europe to trade for a profit
merchant
missionary
caravel
monarch
A smaller and faster ship with triangular sails that could sail into the wind
caravel
sextant
astrolabe
compass
The study and practice of making maps
cartography
astrolabe
sextant
compass
Spanish word for a person who is out to conquer new territory
conquistador
merchant
missionary
monarch
One single person who reigns over a kingdom or empire (like a king, queen, emperor, or empress)
monarch
conquistador
missionary
merchant
A non-existent water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America and would connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Northwest Passage
caravel
navigation
cartography
Countries in Asia, including India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands, that produced silks and spices
Far East
Northwest Passage
New World
Southwest Passage
Why did Columbus believe that he had landed in the Indies?
He traveled west and expected to reach the islands from the opposite direction.
He traveled east around Africa to reach the islands.
He had a map that showed him where to go.
He smelled spices and saw silk
What Viking from Greenland, who had a famous father as an explorer, was actually the first European to find North America? He named the place he found Vinland.
Leif Ericson
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando De Soto
Henry Hudson
Who's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world? Although he died before the journey was complete, he claimed more lands for Spain. His crew proved that sailing around the world could be achieved, but at a great cost.
Leif Ericson
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando De Soto
Henry Hudson
Who was the first Spanish explorer who was looking for a faster route to the Spice Islands. He is often credited for find the "New World " first, but a Viking beat him to it.
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Hernando de Soto
This explorer sailed for the England. He was looking for a Northwest Passage in the area we now call “New England,” but he never found it because it doesn't exist.
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Ferdinand Magellan
The Americas in the Western Hemisphere
Far East
New World
Northwest Passage
Southwest Passage
Which of the following was not a reason explorers were motivated to explore?
competition between nations
expansion of trade
technological advances in ships and technology
they preferred a land route instead of a ocean route to the Far East
Which of the following was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Religion
Disease
Animals
Plants
Which of the following was not a technological factor that influenced exploration?
cartography
astrolabe
caravel
competition
Who was the first European country to seek a water route to Asia?
Portugal
Spain
France
England
