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WorksheetsAge of Exploration Review Game
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?
a)
Batholomeu Dias
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Hernan Cortes
2.
Which Italian explorer coined the phrase "The New World", causing a continent to be names after him?
a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
Giovanni da Verrazano
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Christopher Columbus
3.
Who conquered the Aztecs in 1522?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Prince Henry the Navigator
4.
This Frenchmen explored the St. Lawrence River and most of Eastern Canada, including Montreal.
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Bartholomeu Dias
5.
Who was the first Englishmen to sail around the world?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Francis Drake
6.
Which European country began the practice of replacing African slaves for European slaves?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Portugal
7.
All of the following are reasons why people explored EXCEPT
a)
Gold
b)
Grain
c)
God
d)
Glory
8.
the concept of forced labor initiated by Spain is
a)
circumnavigation
b)
encomienda system
c)
mulattos
d)
bullion
9.
The gold or silver that a nation owns is known as
a)
caravels
b)
mercantilism
c)
bullion
d)
creole
10.
person of native/European decent
a)
creole
b)
mestizo
c)
mulatto
d)
peninsulare
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