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WorksheetsEuropean Exploration
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for exploration?
a)
Individual fame in service to God, Church and ruler
b)
Wanted to find a water route to Asia to cut out the Middle Man (Muslims) in trading
c)
Zeal to convert unbelievers to Christianity
d)
They wanted to find the lost city of Atlantis
2.
Which is NOT a condition that favored exploration at this time?
a)
Financial interest of rulers in overseas adventures
b)
New Technology and better boats
c)
Renaissance values of interest in the natural and physical world
d)
The invention of the GPS
3.
What was happening in Europe during this same time period?
a)
Renaissance, Reformations, and Scientific Revolution
b)
Feudalism and the Middle Ages
c)
Fighting over Russia
d)
Industrial Revolution
4.
Tool that measured the depth of water and the nature of the bottom. Line was weighted with lead and had graduated markings to determine sea depth. The lead was coated with wax to bring up samples of the bottom.
a)
Chip Log
b)
Compass
c)
Chronometer
d)
Lead Line
5.
Line knotted at regular intervals and weighted to drag in the water. It was tossed overboard as the pilot counted the knots that were let out during a specific period of time. From this he could determine the speed the vessel was moving.
a)
Chip Log
b)
Compass
c)
Chronometer
d)
Lead Line
6.
The development of an accurate _________ lead to the ability to determine longitude while at sea.
a)
watch/time-keeping device
b)
compass
c)
Maps
7.
1513, from Spain, Man in search of gold. He crossed Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Once there he claimed the ocean and all the land that it touched for Spain.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco Nunez Balbao
c)
John Cabot
d)
Jaques Cartier
8.
1492, sailing for Spain even though he was Italian, he thought he had found the East Indies (in Asia) so when he met the people in the Caribbean Islands he called them Indians.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Juan Ponce De Leon
d)
Jaques Cartier
9.
The mother culture of Mesoamerica; they were the first civilization in Mesoamerica and their culture (practices/religion) influenced future peoples in Mesoamerica like the Aztec and Mayans.
a)
Toltec
b)
Olmec
c)
Native Americans
d)
Mexicans
10.
Which of the following is NOT something that the Olmecs passed on to future generations living in Mesoamerica?
a)
Human Sacrifice
b)
Christianity
c)
Ball Game
d)
Chocolate Drinking
11.
What would sometimes happen to the losing team during the ball game?
a)
They would be sacrificed
b)
They would be fed to jaguars
c)
They would be given gold
d)
NONE of these
12.
What are the Olmecs most known for creating?
a)
The Watch
b)
Discovering the concept of sero
c)
Giant stone heads
d)
NONE of these
13.
Portuguese man sailing for Spain. In search of fame and fortune he set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. He went all the way around the world, but died in the Philippines before his crew completed the trip.
a)
Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
Dias
d)
Balboa
14.
Came from Portugal. Became the first European sailor to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia by going east.
a)
Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
Dias
d)
Balboa
15.
Time of exploring the world specifically European expansion to places such as the Americas, Africa, and the Far East.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Age of Discovery
c)
Humanism
d)
Industrial Revolution
16.
The Age of Exploration led to...
a)
New Scientific Discoveries (including plants and animals)
b)
Increased knowledge of other people in the world
c)
Increased knowledge of the continents and the world.
d)
All of the Above
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