WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sea captain who made a daring sea voyage in 1492.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is a conquistador?
a)
Modern day American soldiers.
b)
The Viking settlers of the Americas.
c)
The Spanish explorers, soldiers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th Century.
3.
Who was Hernando Cortes?
a)
He was a Portugese explorer who was the first to sail around the world.
b)
He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain.
c)
He was a prince who financed expeditions, but never actually went on one.
4.
What was encomienda?
a)
A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including right to use Native Americans as laborers on it, resulting in a labor system using those Natives
b)
A type of colonial food
c)
A land controlled by another nation
d)
A group of people who founded a colony in South America.
5.
The Triangle Trade was.....
a)
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver, and by selling more goods then they bought
b)
An economic situation in which a country sells more goods abroad than it buys from abroad.
c)
the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European Colonization of the Americas.
d)
The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, Europe, England, the West Indies, and the colonies in the Americas.
6.
Favorable Balance of Trade is when both parties trading together are equal.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A caravel, an astrolabe, a sextant, and more are all examples of......
a)
Names of explorers
b)
New technological advances in exploration and sailing.
c)
The names of Columbus's ships.
d)
Mining tools in South America
8.
An almost immediate impact of Columbus's voyage was that it increased tensions between Portugal and Spain.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The Middle Passage was the was the last leg of the Triangle Trade, where European explorers and traders brought back sugar, tobacco, and cotton.
a)
False
b)
True
10.
The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, giving everything west of the line to Spain, and everything east to Portugal.
a)
True
b)
False
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