WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What killed the MOST Native Americans after the arrival of Europeans in North and South America?
a)
War
b)
Disease
c)
Slavery
2.
A major effect of the Age of Exploration was...
a)
Most Europeans turned against the idea of slavery
b)
Native Americans remained enslaved for centuries after the Europeans arrived
c)
People of African descent lived lives of privilege
d)
Europeans settled and created colonies in North and South America
3.
This native tribe created a civilization on the west coast of South America.
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
4.
This Native Tribe created a civilization in modern-day Mexico and were known for their ruthless use of human sacrifice
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
5.
This Native Tribe created a civilization in modern-day Guatemala and created the 365 day solar calendar.
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
6.
How should the Native American civilizations be described?
a)
Not as educated as Mesopotamians or Egyptians
b)
They did not know how to farm
c)
Just as intellectually advanced as ancient Middle Eastern peoples
7.
Why did the African slave trade begin?
a)
Native Americans carried a prejudice toward people of African descent.
b)
Africans voluntarily sold themselves into slavery
c)
Because the European powers conquered all of Africa
d)
Europeans needed forced labor in the Americas & couldn't enslave Natives
8.
What statement BEST describes the Triangular Trade?
a)
The way Native tribes traded for food between one another
b)
How the printing press spread ideas around the Mediterranean World
c)
The exchange of slaves and other goods between Europe & the Americas
d)
Exchange of ideas between India and China
9.
The Incas and the Aztecs are similar because...
a)
They both constantly fought with the Mayas
b)
They were both barbaric and uneducated
c)
They were both conquered by Spain's Armies
10.
A conquistador would want to...
a)
Establish a plantation in the new world maintained by African slaves
b)
Preach the Protestant doctrines of Martin Luther
c)
Build large Eastern Orthodox Churches
d)
Conquer the Americas for the glory of Spain and to get rich
11.
With many natives dying of disease, the Europeans looked to which people as a source of forced labor?
a)
Poor Europeans forced to be indentured servants in the Americas
b)
Chinese who were offered jobs to come to the Americas
c)
European settlers who committed crimes were enslaved in large numbers
d)
Enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas with the Slave Trade
12.
What statement BEST describes the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Christopher Columbus military conquest of Native peoples
b)
The exchange of plants, animals, goods and slaves between Europe & Americas
c)
The establishment of large-scale plantations maintained by African slaves
d)
When certain numbers of Native Americans embraced Christianity
13.
When Spain conquered large amounts of territory in South America...
a)
the Native people were given equal rights and a good living
b)
Spanish became the spoken language of S. America
c)
Spanish settlers turned against their King
d)
Spainish settlers began to question the Catholic Faith
14.
The "Three Gs" are identified by historians as...
a)
Three reasons why Europeans thought slavery was justified
b)
Three reasons why Absolute Monarchs thought they could do as they pleased
c)
Three reasons that the Europeans came to the Americas
d)
Three reasons why cultural diffusion happens in river valleys
15.
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Three G's"
a)
God
b)
Gratitude
c)
Gold
d)
Glory
16.
Which of the following is true about the Atlantic Slave Trade?
a)
Europeans wanted a labor source for new world colonies
b)
Africans were sold to European traders by their local warlords
c)
Many thousands died aboard slave ships before reaching the Americas
d)
All of the choices listed
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