WorksheetsAge of the Explorers
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
2.
Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
3.
During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.
a)
find a faster trade route to Asia
b)
spread Christianity
c)
colonize new territories
d)
all of the above
4.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
5.
Who was the first explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?
a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
James Cook
c)
Prince Henry the Navigator
d)
Ferdinand Megallan
6.
Columbus thought that he had arrived at ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.
a)
Cathay
b)
Africa
c)
America
d)
India
7.
Who sailed around Africa to India?
a)
Dias
b)
da Gama
c)
Columbus
d)
Cabot
8.
The ___ Exchange was when people, ideas, and products were brought from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere and from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere.
a)
Asian
b)
Columbian
c)
European
9.
The European explorers were searching for a shorter route to ___.
a)
America
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
10.
Queen Isabella of ___ agreed to fund Columbus' expedition.
a)
Italy
b)
Portuguese
c)
Spain
11.
Columbus never believed he discovered a new land, but ___ was one of the first explorers to believe it was.
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
c)
Enrique
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
12.
___ was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean in the Western Hemisphere.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
13.
___ named to Pacific Ocean.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
14.
The passage Magellan found sailing through the tip of South America is called ___.
a)
the Strait of Magellan
b)
the Magellan Canal
c)
the Magellan Passage
d)
the Sea of Magellan
15.
Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Francisco Coronado
16.
True or False: One reason Europeans were motivated to explore new lands was because they wanted to teach others about Christianity.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
What role did Cibola play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
a)
Cibola was a successful mission in San Antonio
b)
It was a shop filled with Spanish colonists
c)
Cibola was a legend of seven cities of gold.
d)
It was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
18.
Which Spanish explorer's expedition was the first to reach the Mississippi River?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Alonso Pineda
19.
Spanish soldiers were known as--
a)
conquistadores
b)
missions
c)
viceroys
d)
cartographers
20.
These were religious settlements that were set up to educate and convert Indians
a)
Missions
b)
Presidios
c)
Pueblos
d)
Encomienda
21.
These were Spanish forts used to protect settlements and to keep the Indians under control
a)
Encomienda
b)
Pueblos
c)
Missions
d)
Presidios
22.
These were Spanish towns that served as trading posts and centers of government.
a)
Presidios
b)
Pueblos
c)
Anglos
d)
MIssions
23.
True or False: The Spanish were the first European country to arrive in the Americas.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Presidios were built by the Spanish for what?
a)
Farming
b)
Ranhing
c)
Training the Native Americans in the area
d)
Protection
25.
What civilization was located in modern day Mexico
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Iroquois
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