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Explorers

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who brought spices from the Far East to Europe to trade for a profit

a)

merchant

b)

missionary

c)

caravel

d)

monarch

2.
The science of determining a ship’s location and direction of travel
a)
navigation
b)
cartography
c)
astrolabe
d)
compass
3.
Movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere following the voyages of Columbus
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
merchant
c)
missionary
d)
caravel
4.

A smaller and faster ship with triangular sails that could sail into the wind

a)

caravel

b)

sextant

c)

astrolabe

d)

compass

5.

The study and practice of making maps

a)

cartography

b)

astrolabe

c)

sextant

d)

compass

6.

Spanish word for a person who is out to conquer new territory

a)

conquistador

b)

merchant

c)

missionary

d)

monarch

7.

One single person who reigns over a kingdom or empire (like a king, queen, emperor, or empress)

a)

monarch

b)

conquistador

c)

missionary

d)

merchant

8.

A non-existent water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America and would connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

caravel

c)

navigation

d)

cartography

9.
sail all the way around
a)
circumnavigate
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
navigation
d)
caravel
10.

Countries in Asia, including India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands, that produced silks and spices

a)

Far East

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

New World

d)

Southwest Passage

11.

Why did Columbus believe that he had landed in the Indies?

a)

He traveled west and expected to reach the islands from the opposite direction.

b)

He traveled east around Africa to reach the islands.

c)

He had a map that showed him where to go.

d)

He smelled spices and saw silk

12.
Why did Europeans want to get to Asia quickly and more cheaply?
a)
for trade
b)
to explore
c)
for conquest
d)
to make friends
13.
Which technological advancement in shipbuilding allowed explorers to travel faster?
a)
the longship
b)
the caravel
c)
the canoe
d)
the flatboat
14.
The Northwest Passage was thought to lead to which of the following?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
North America
15.
What did explorers learn that helped them to share their discoveries with other explorers?
a)
map making skills
b)
several different languages
c)
about other world cultures
d)
shipbuilding techniques
16.
How did Prince Henry of Portugal affect exploration?
a)
He encouraged sailors to travel West into the oceans
b)
He encouraged sailors to travel North
c)
He started a school of navigation and financed the first voyages south around Africa
d)
He started a shipbuilding business
17.

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.

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando De Soto

d)

Henry Hudson

18.

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.

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando De Soto

d)

Henry Hudson

19.
Who was a Spanish conquistador who claimed land for Spain throughout the southeastern region of the United States?
a)
Leif Ericson
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Hernando De Soto
d)
Henry Hudson
20.
Which Explorer was in search of the Northwest Passage, and claimed modern day New York for the Dutch?
a)
Leif Ericson
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Hernando De Soto
d)
Henry Hudson
21.
What explorer claimed land for France and named Louisiana? He also sailed the entire Mississippi River and ended up in the Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Robert LaSalle
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Henry Hudson
22.

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.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

John Cabot

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Hernando de Soto

23.

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.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

24.

The Americas in the Western Hemisphere

a)

Far East

b)

New World

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Southwest Passage

25.

Which of the following was not a reason explorers were motivated to explore?

a)

competition between nations

b)

expansion of trade

c)

technological advances in ships and technology

d)

they preferred a land route instead of a ocean route to the Far East

26.

Which of the following was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Religion

b)

Disease

c)

Animals

d)

Plants

27.

Which of the following was not a technological factor that influenced exploration?

a)

cartography

b)

astrolabe

c)

caravel

d)

competition

28.

Who was the first European country to seek a water route to Asia?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England