WorksheetsNew world exploration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word Profit means?
a)
To proof read something after all books are read
b)
To prove something
c)
It is the money a business has left over after all of its expenses have been paid
d)
To sing in a group choir
2.
What is a Crew?
a)
A group of pigeons
b)
A famous ancient receipie
c)
Your great grandmother last name
d)
A group of people or Sailors living on a ship
3.
Who was Prince Henry?
a)
Marco Polo uncle
b)
The king of Mali
c)
The king of England
d)
The King of Portugal
4.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
a)
One of the twelve disciples
b)
A famous cartoon character
c)
An Explorer from Genoa,Italy
d)
A priest from Portugal
5.
What did Prince Henry created?
a)
A school for navigation
b)
A school for fashion
c)
A school for culinary
d)
A art school
6.
What is a Caravel?
a)
A type of candy eaten by sailors
b)
A small light ship with triangular sails
c)
A type of home on a top of a boat
d)
A type of caravan transportation
7.
What did Vasco de Gama do?
a)
He led the first Chinese voyage to Mali
b)
He traveled with Christopher Colombus
c)
He traveled with Marco Polo's uncle
d)
He led the first Portuguese voyage to India
8.
What is an Epidemic ?
a)
Is an outbreak of disease that spread quickly
b)
A type of gel used for sore feet
c)
A type of shampoo used for mouses that must be spread quickly
d)
A type of cheese that must beeaten quickly by saylors
9.
The word Circumnavigate mean?
a)
To sail all the way around something
b)
To jump rope with a group of saylors
c)
To play tag with a group of mouses
d)
To sail to visit a group of salmons
10.
Queen Isabel...
a)
Invented the astrolabe
b)
was the wife of King Ferdinand of Spain
c)
Was a model in the Renaissance
d)
Participated in dancing with the stars
11.
What was Slavery?
a)
A bad way to do business among merchants
b)
A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay
c)
A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work with pay
d)
A way of trading goods with other goods
12.
What is a settlement?
a)
A type of renaissance coat wore by a group of people
b)
A type of renaissance food eaten by a group of people
c)
A group of weals
d)
A small community of people living in a new place
13.
What type of transportation did the explorers used in the times of Christopher Columbus?
a)
Very large canoes
b)
Caravels
c)
Ships made out of steel
d)
Airplains
14.
What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella hope to gain from Columbus's journey?
a)
Cattle, pigs, and horses
b)
They wanted to gain money and spread Catholicism
c)
Corn, silk and spices
d)
They did not want money, they just wanted to spread Catholicism
15.
Which part of the Americas did Columbus reach?
a)
The coasts of Central and South America and islands of West Indies, including Hispaniola
b)
The coast of Madagascar including Africa
c)
The coast of Argentina , South America and South Pole
d)
The coast of the Mediterranean Sea
16.
What was the Colombian Exchange?
a)
The exchange between Colombian people and Asian people
b)
The exchange between fish for bread
c)
The movement of plants, animals and people between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
d)
The Navy exchange shop
17.
Why was it important to sail around the world?
a)
To find a new type of chicken only found in Asia
b)
To find new recepies only found in Hispaniola
c)
To add new discovery in navigation and geography
d)
To find Columbus brother because he was lost at sea
18.
Why did European counties want to find a sea route to Asia?
a)
Because it would be faster and they could trade more goods
b)
Because they love to get sea sick
c)
Because they liked to travel all tight into their boats
d)
Because they did not want to use the airplane
19.
Who was the first European country to find the sea route to Asia?
a)
England
b)
Spain
c)
Portugal
d)
Greece
20.
What are some of the new inventions that led new discoveries in those times?
a)
The astrolabe, compass, caravel
b)
The astrolabe, telescope and caravel
c)
The caravel, astrolabe and telephone
d)
The telescope, photograph and caravel
21.
What did Bartolomeu Diaz proved?
a)
He proved that he could do a head stand
b)
He proved that he could count to 100 on one foot
c)
He proved that he was better than you!
d)
He proved it was possible to sail around Africa to reach its east coast and from there to India
22.
When Bartolomeu Diaz landed to the south tip of Africa, he named the place.........
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Miami
c)
Cape of Good Hope
d)
Cape Coral
23.
What were the name of the three ships used by Columbus?
a)
Pinta, Niña, Santa Maria
b)
Pinta, Pinky, Porky
c)
Prncer, Dancers, Comet
d)
Pinta, TInta, Tetra
24.
The ships arrived in a island in the Caribbian that Columbus named..........
a)
San Patrick
b)
San Salvador
c)
San Sebastian
d)
San Peter
25.
Columbus named his new land discoveries and its people.......
a)
West Indies and Indians
b)
Caribbeans and Caraibi
c)
South Americans and Native Americans
d)
Asian and Pacific Islanders
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