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WorksheetsExplorers, Colonization, and Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an Caravel?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
2.
What is a Heliocentric Theory?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Sun is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
3.
What were European explorers looking for when conquering the Americas?
a)
Gold and resources
b)
Art & Books
c)
Cape of Good hope
d)
Pottery
4.
What did the new colonies provide for the “mother countries?”
a)
Religion
b)
Resources and other goods
c)
Government
d)
New ideas
5.
All were countries involved in the Age of Exploration except for:
a)
Portugal
b)
England
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
6.
Under the Treaty of Tordesillas ___________ was given everything to the East [Brazil] and _____________ was given everything to West.
a)
Spain & Portugal
b)
Portugal and Spain
c)
England and Spain
d)
Spain and France
7.
What is an astolabe?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
8.
What is a Telescope?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
9.
What is a Gravity?
a)
The force that attracts a body to earth
b)
Used cardinal directions
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
10.
What is a Compass?
a)
The force that attracts a body to earth
b)
Used cardinal directions
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
11.
This person created the telescope
a)
Newton
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Michael Angelo
12.
This person created the Heliocentric Theory that was used by Galileo
a)
Galileo
b)
Newton
c)
Copernicus
d)
Madam Curie
13.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Money that the Spanish took from the Aztecs
b)
Trade between Europeans
c)
Trading between Asians and Europeans
d)
Exchange of Goods between native americans and Europeans
14.
what did a colony supply to the “mother country” under mercantilism?
a)
New Europeans citizens
b)
Religious missionaries
c)
Finished products
d)
Raw materials
15.
What is the trade between Africa, North America, and Europe?
a)
Bermunda Triangle
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Triangular trade
d)
Age of Colonization
16.
Who was the leader that funded exploration to the west coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
17.
What were European explorers looking for when conquering the Americas?
a)
Gold and resources
b)
Art & Books
c)
Cape of Good hope
d)
Pottery
18.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
19.
Who was the second person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
20.
Who was the first person to discover the Americas?
a)
Christopher columbus
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
21.
Who was the person who sailed around the Cape of Good hope to India
a)
Bartholemeu Dias
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
22.
What is the Spanish Armada?
a)
Navy from Elizabeth I
b)
Navy from King of Spain
c)
Epic navy ships
d)
Trade between americans and Europeans
23.
Which ruler created the most powerful navy and defeated the Spanish Armada?
a)
Queen Isabella
b)
Queen Elizabeth
c)
Queen Hearon
d)
Queen Anne
24.
All were part of the reasons for colonization except for:
a)
Gold
b)
God
c)
Glory
d)
Greatness
25.
This means to sail around the world
a)
Triangular trade
b)
Circle
c)
Circumnavigate
d)
Middle passage
26.
Who was the leader that funded exploration to the west coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
27.
This is the long journey from Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Bermunda Triangle
c)
Middle Passage
d)
A vacation
28.
What is the Spanish Armada?
a)
Navy from Elizabeth I
b)
Navy from King of Spain
c)
Epic navy ships
d)
Trade between americans and Europeans
29.
What is the Spanish Armada?
a)
Navy from Elizabeth I
b)
Navy from King of Spain
c)
Epic navy ships
d)
Trade between americans and Europeans
30.
Which ruler created the most powerful navy and defeated the Spanish Armada?
a)
Queen Isabella
b)
Queen Elizabeth
c)
Queen Hearon
d)
Queen Anne
31.
Who was the leader that funded exploration to the west coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
32.
All were part of the reasons for colonization except for:
a)
Gold
b)
God
c)
Glory
d)
Greatness
33.
Which ruler created the most powerful navy and defeated the Spanish Armada?
a)
Queen Isabella
b)
Queen Elizabeth
c)
Queen Hearon
d)
Queen Anne
34.
This is the long journey from Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Bermunda Triangle
c)
Middle Passage
d)
A vacation
35.
What is the trade between Africa, North America, and Europe?
a)
Bermunda Triangle
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Triangular trade
d)
Age of Colonization
36.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
37.
Who was the leader that funded exploration to the west coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Vasco De Gama
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
38.
what did a colony supply to the “mother country” under mercantilism?
a)
New Europeans citizens
b)
Religious missionaries
c)
Finished products
d)
Raw materials
39.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Money that the Spanish took from the Aztecs
b)
Trade between Europeans
c)
Trading between Asians and Europeans
d)
Exchange of Goods between native americans and Europeans
40.
This is the long journey from Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Bermunda Triangle
c)
Middle Passage
d)
A vacation
41.
This person created the Heliocentric Theory that was used by Galileo
a)
Galileo
b)
Newton
c)
Copernicus
d)
Madam Curie
42.
This person created the telescope
a)
Newton
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Michael Angelo
43.
What is a Compass?
a)
The force that attracts a body to earth
b)
Used cardinal directions
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
44.
What is a Gravity?
a)
The force that attracts a body to earth
b)
Used cardinal directions
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
45.
What is a Telescope?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
46.
What is an astolabe?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
47.
Under the Treaty of Tordesillas ___________ was given everything to the East [Brazil] and _____________ was given everything to West.
a)
Spain & Portugal
b)
Portugal and Spain
c)
England and Spain
d)
Spain and France
48.
All were countries involved in the Age of Exploration except for:
a)
Portugal
b)
England
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
49.
What did the new colonies provide for the “mother countries?”
a)
Religion
b)
Resources and other goods
c)
Government
d)
New ideas
50.
What were European explorers looking for when conquering the Americas?
a)
Gold and resources
b)
Art & Books
c)
Cape of Good hope
d)
Pottery
51.
What is a Heliocentric Theory?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Sun is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
52.
What is an Caravel?
a)
Used to view stars
b)
Device used to determine a ship’s latitude and longitude
c)
The belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar System
d)
Lightweight and fast ship used during the Age of Exploration
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