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WorksheetsAge of Exploration Review QUIZ 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
While searching for the "Northwest Passage", this explorer claimed "Canada" for England and he also believed natives could be transformed into Englishmen
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
John Cabot
d)
Juan Ponce de Leon
2.
This explorer was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India/Asia
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Christopher Columbus
3.
This explorer defeated the Aztecs in the Americas while searching for gold and treasures
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Christopher Columbus
4.
This explorer established colonies in Canada for the English and several bodies of water are named after him
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Christopher Columbus
5.
This prince financed many voyages and started the first school of navigation, which put Portugal in the lead of exploration
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Christopher Columbus
6.
What motivated explorers during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Explorers were trying to find alternate routes to Asia to get spices.
b)
Explorers were trying to spread religion or escape from a religion.
c)
Explorers were trying to gain land, become famous, and gain gold.
d)
All answers are correct
7.
An explorer and cartographer best known for establishing a fur-trading center in New France in Quebec, Canada.
a)
Sir Walter Raleigh
b)
James Cook
c)
Hernando de Soto
d)
Samuel de Champlain
8.
This explorer discovered the Grand Canyon and traveled to modern-day Kansas from Mexico. He was searching for a golden city, but he did not find what he was looking for.
a)
Giovanni da Verrazano
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
9.
This explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discover the Pacific Ocean. He named the ocean "Mar del Sur" meaning sea of the south.
a)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
b)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Hernando de Soto
10.
This explorer discovered that Columbus had not reached Asia, but he had actually reached a completely new continent. The “Americas” were named after him.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Giovanni da Verrazano
11.
This explorer was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for circumnavigating the globe and helping defeat the Spanish Armada.
a)
Sir Francis Drake
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
James Cook
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
12.
Spain was given exclusive rights to all newly discovered and undiscovered lands in the region ________ of the Line of Demarcation.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
13.
This place is known as the “Lost Colony” in North Carolina that mysteriously disappeared.
a)
Roanoke Island
b)
Island of Raleigh
c)
Tordesilles Island
d)
Cook Island
14.
Which of the following is a false statement about the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The Atlantic slave trade increased.
b)
Diseases were spread and killed native populations.
c)
Food supplies decreased causing the people in the "old world" and "new world" to starve.
d)
Foreign plants and animals spread disease faster.
15.
The trading of animals along the Columbian Exchange caused
a)
Natives to begin a nomadic lifestyle instead of having to rely on agriculture.
b)
Diseases to spread faster.
c)
An increase in variety of food available in both the "old world" and "new world."
d)
All answers are correct.
16.
The tool used to determine direction (N,S,E,W) using the magnetic force of the Earth
a)
compass
b)
astrolabe
c)
map
d)
caravel
17.
The skill of ____________ focused on creating more accurate maps to be used during the age of exploration.
a)
cartography
b)
survivalist
c)
geology
d)
geography
18.
Which of the following is a major effect of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Food supplies increased allowing populations to increase in Europe.
b)
Native "new world" populations increased.
c)
The Atlantic Slave trade decreased.
d)
European populations decreased.
19.
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
20.
True or False: European explorers did not bring back anything valuable from the New World.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The goals of the Age of Exploration were…
a)
To expand world ideas.
b)
To acquire goods.
c)
To Spread Christianity.
d)
All of the above.
22.
Which was NOT a result of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Slavery finally ended in the New World after the Columbian Exchange
b)
80% of the Native American population perished due to European disease
c)
Exchanging of new foods and crops between the Old and New worlds
d)
Spread of religion to the natives, especially Christianity
23.
Which TWO countries had most of the territory in North America (not including Central America)?
a)
the British and French
b)
the Russians and Spanish
c)
the British and Spanish
d)
the French and Spanish
24.
The "New World " was considered to be the continents of...
a)
North and South America
b)
Europe, Africa, and Asia
c)
Australia and Canada
d)
Asia and South America
25.
Why were enslaved African needed in the Caribbean Islands?
a)
Importing and paying Europeans for labor kept the balance of trade.
b)
Growing sugarcane was familiar to Africans.
c)
Spain respected the Native Americans and did not want to enslave them.
d)
The Native American population was small due to diseases brought from Europe.
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