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WorksheetsExplorer Unit Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following originally came from the New World?
a)
Potatoes
b)
Tomatoes
c)
Turkey
d)
All of the above
2.
A person who goes to new land searching for information or riches.
a)
explorer
b)
pirate
c)
captain
d)
adventurer
3.
How has the Columbian exchange had a positive impact on the world?
a)
New delicious foods like pizza became possible.
b)
People learned to cook broccoli.
c)
The emerald ash borer killed thousands of trees in the New World.
d)
People invented freedom of the press.
4.
Which conquistador is credited with conquering the Aztec empire?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Hernan Cortez
d)
John Smith
5.
To meet the massive demand for slaves, where did the Europeans look for slaves?
a)
Europe
b)
Spain
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
6.
His crew was the first to ever circumnavigate the world.
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Montezuma
d)
Amerigo Vespuci
7.
Which of the following was not a motivation for conquistadors?
a)
Gold
b)
Glory
c)
God
d)
Religious Freedom
8.
Who claimed land for Spain that is now called Florida?
a)
Cabot
b)
Hudson
c)
Ponce De Leon
d)
Cartier
9.
The ocean explorers crossed as they were traveling from Europe to the Americas:
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
10.
America was named after which explorer?
a)
Bartolomeu Dias
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
11.
What was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Horses
b)
Corn
c)
Potatoes
d)
Death and Disease
12.
Who really discovered America first?
a)
Leif Erikson
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Bartolomeu Dias
13.
How else was the Slave Trade know?
a)
The Square Trade
b)
The Circular Trade
c)
The Triangular Trade
d)
The Diamond Trade
14.
How did slavery begin in Africa?
a)
People were promised a better life (lied to) and they signed up
b)
The kings sold them to the Europeans
c)
They were captured by Americans from Texas
d)
They volunteered to go to save their other family members
15.
The Atlantic Slave Trade contributed to the development of ____?
a)
racist ideology
b)
equality
c)
liberty and freedom
d)
economic growth for everyone
16.
Which is not a part of the New World?
a)
North America
b)
Caribbean
c)
South America
d)
Asia
17.
•Where did cocoa come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
18.
•Where did chickens come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
19.
•Where did the tomato come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
20.
John Cabot was responsible for finding the following country?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Canada
d)
Asia
21.
Why did explorers want to find a faster way to Asia?
a)
to get slaves
b)
to find out the ingredients in Indian food
c)
to get spices, silk, and porcelain
d)
to find out how fireworks are made
22.
Christopher Columbus is often credited with being the first European to "discover" the New World in 1492. According to the map, who was the first to arrive in the New World?
a)
the Vikings
b)
John Cabot
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
the map does not show the "New World"
23.
Which European countries claimed land in North America?
a)
England, France, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Portugal
c)
Portugal, Spain, France
d)
India, France, Canada
24.
Diseases like smallpox, measles and malaria had what effect on the population of the Americas?
a)
Strengthened their immune system
b)
a. Killed off as much as 90% of the natives.
c)
Killed off as much as 90% of the explorers
d)
a. Provided defense against the Europeans.
25.
Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492. Which country did he believe he had reached?
a)
China
b)
Cuba
c)
Australia
d)
India
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