WorksheetsEuropeans Reach the Americas
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Columbus believe he could reach _________by sailing west from Europe?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
2.
For which country did Columbus agree to sail and claim land for?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
3.
How did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agree to help Columbus on his trip?
a)
Moral support
b)
Finance the journey
c)
Ask Italy to help him
d)
Giving him maps
4.
What was the name of the island first reached by Columbus on his trip across the Atlantic?
a)
Bahamas
b)
Grand Cayman
c)
Aruba
d)
Cuba
5.
How did the Taino Indians live?
a)
In large cities
b)
In caves
c)
in small farms
d)
on the mountains
6.
Which two countries wanted to add lands to their growing empires following news of Columbus's travels?
a)
England and Germany
b)
Spain and Portugal
c)
Russia and Spain
d)
Portugal and Japan
7.
Who created the Line of Demarcation, which divided the Atlantic Ocean and gave all lands to the west of the line to Spain?
a)
Pope Alexander
b)
King George
c)
Queen Isabella
d)
Columbus
8.
Which treaty moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles further west?
a)
Columbus
b)
Alexander
c)
Tordesillas
d)
Washington
9.
Which explorer is created with believing that the lands found by Columbus were not Asia, but instead some "new world"?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Leif Ericsson
c)
Henry the Navigator
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
10.
Which term means to go all the way around the world?
a)
Circumnavigate
b)
Sail
c)
Go around
d)
Explore
11.
Which European sailor, while attempting to go all the way around the world, was killed in the Philippines?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
c)
Henry the Navigator
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
12.
Which term refers to the exchange of goods which began with the discovery of the new world and the trade of goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
a)
Great Exchange
b)
Food exchange
c)
Columbus Exchange
13.
Which term refers to the exchange of goods which began with the discovery of the new world and the trade of goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
a)
Columbus Exchange
b)
Great Exchange
c)
Food Exchange
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