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WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.
a)
gold, spices, and ships
b)
gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
c)
silver, pearls, and slaves
d)
slaves, navigators, and cartographers
2.
This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?
a)
Robert La Salle
b)
Bartholomeu Diaz
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
3.
Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.
a)
Africa
b)
New Netherland
c)
Canada
d)
New Zealand
4.
_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
5.
What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
a)
the Voyage of Sorrow.
b)
the Bering Crossing.
c)
the African-America run.
d)
the Middle Passage.
6.
Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?
a)
Luxurious
b)
Accommodating
c)
Spacious
d)
Dark and Claustrophobic
7.
Many slaves did not _________________ the Middle Passage.
a)
go to
b)
want to leave
c)
Survive
8.
Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________ _______.
a)
Slave Ship
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Triangular Trade
9.
To go all the way around the Earth by ship or plane is to...
a)
circumnavigate
b)
equate
c)
latitudinate
d)
circulate
10.
What does the world "converting" mean in this sentence? "And they worked on converting the Indians to Christianity."
a)
continuing in their beliefs
b)
changing from one belief to another
c)
writing new beliefs
d)
moving to a new place
11.
What difficulties did early explorers face during the Age of Discovery?
a)
inaccurate maps
b)
bad weather
c)
disease
d)
all of the above
12.
What economic theory states that a nation's power is based on its wealth?
a)
Capitalsim
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Communism
d)
Socialism
13.
Mercantilism was
a)
when merchandise was paid for with a loan and paid back over time
b)
when strict laws were enforced about the quality of a good and how much could be charged
c)
the mother country tried to control purchases and export more than import
14.
Who created a school of navigation?
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
John Cabot
c)
Prince Henry
d)
Francisco Pizarro
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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
18.
Which of the following products would be imported (purchased) from England by the colonists?
a)
Fish oil and lumber
b)
Furniture and finished products
c)
Sugar and Snake oil
d)
Rice and Fruit
19.
The Italian sailor who explored the Americas for Spain was…
a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Ponce de Leon
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Three G's"
a)
God
b)
Gratitude
c)
Gold
d)
Glory
24.
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
25.
He started a school for navigators, and people who wanted to go out exploring.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
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