WorksheetsExploration Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why was slavery started again?
a)
It was started again because the natives were too expensive to pay.
b)
More farmers were needed in Europe after all the peasants left to the New World.
c)
More workers were needed in the New World after many of the natives died of disease.
d)
Europeans just discovered Africa and saw that the Africans could be easily tricked.
2.
Exploration and the claiming of lands in the New World led to a war between what two countries?
a)
England and Spain
b)
France and England
c)
Spain and Portugal
d)
Netherlands and Portugal
3.
What was the cause of most of the deaths of natives in the New World?
a)
Disease
b)
War
c)
Wild animal attacks
d)
Imprisonment
4.
What percentage of the native population of the Americas died as a result of disease?
a)
10 - 20%
b)
25 - 50%
c)
50 - 90%
d)
Over 90%
5.
What was the result of all of the resources and wealth being transferred back to Europe?
a)
Diseases ravaged Europe populations
b)
Too many people left Europe causing a population decline
c)
The decrease in wealth caused many wars
d)
A population boom
6.
Why didn't the French, English or Netherlands initially setup colonies in the lands they discovered?
a)
They found little gold or other valuable resources
b)
The natives were too strong
c)
The climate was too hot
d)
Their kings forbid the claiming of new lands
7.
Who was first to discover the Americas?
a)
Portugal
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Spain
8.
What was the purpose of the later Spanish Exploration after a passage to India was found?
a)
To find new foods
b)
To conquer the Natives and take their gold
c)
Find a passage to Africa
d)
To fight the Muslims
9.
What was the primary motivation for the Spanish to begin exploration?
a)
Find new foods
b)
Fight the Muslims
c)
Find a passage to Africa
d)
Find a Western passage to India
10.
Who was the first to find a sea route to India?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France
11.
What did the Portuguese do in India once they found a sea route there?
a)
Created colonies
b)
Conquer all of India
c)
Built trading post
d)
Sell them their maps
12.
Where did the Portuguese focus their early exploration at?
a)
Africa
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Asia
13.
How did the Portuguese get to India?
a)
Sailing west through the Americas
b)
Sailing north of the Americas
c)
Sailing south around Africa
d)
Sailing south around South America
14.
Why did all of the European countries want to find go to India?
a)
Spice trade
b)
It was their holy land
c)
To fight the Muslims
d)
To visit Ms. Parikh's ancestors
15.
Which of these was not a motivation for the Portuguese to explore?
a)
Find gold
b)
Fight the Muslims
c)
Find a sea route to India
d)
Get slaves
16.
What was not a technology needed to start the Age of Exploration?
a)
Stronger oars
b)
Stronger, faster ships
c)
Advanced weapons
d)
Improved navigational equipment
17.
What was a skill that had to be improved in order for the Age of Exploration to occur?
a)
Ability to solve large equations
b)
Ability to speak many languages
c)
Improved mapmaking
d)
Improved rowing techniques
18.
What was the main motivation for the French, English, and Dutch to explore?
a)
Find a passage to Africa
b)
Fight the Muslims
c)
Find a northwest passage to India
d)
Fight the Portuguese
19.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The transfer of diseases killed millions of people in the Americas causing the decline of many kingdoms
b)
The marketplace located in the Caribbean where most goods in the Americas was traded
c)
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases and other things between the New World and the Old World
d)
The trading of gold and silver between Colombus and Spain
20.
What problems did Europe face as it started to explore?
a)
They feared an invasion from the Americas
b)
The were too many resources and not enough ways to spend it
c)
The trade routes to Asia had been cut off by the Ottomans
d)
Few people were willing to go on a ship
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