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WorksheetsChapter 2 Age of Exploration
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Define the word "Merchant"
a)
Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause.
b)
A person who buys and sells goods.
c)
An outbreak of a quickly spreading disease.
d)
The buying and selling of humans as property.
2.
Define the word "Slave Trade"
a)
Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
b)
a person who buys and sells goods
c)
an outbreak of a quickly spreading disease
d)
the buying and selling of humans as property
3.
Define the word "Colony"
a)
a person who buys and sells goods
b)
an outbreak of a quickly spreading diesease
c)
the buying and selling of humans as property
d)
a settlement far from the country that rules it
4.
Define the word "Patron"
a)
a settlement far from the country that rules it.
b)
someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
c)
a person who buys and sells goods
d)
an outbreak of a quickly spreading disease
5.
Name the navigational tool.
a)
Magnetic Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Maps
6.
Name the Navigational Tool.
a)
Maps
b)
Magnetic Compass
c)
Astrolabe
7.
Name the Navigational Tool.
a)
Maps
b)
Magnetic Compass
c)
Astrolabe
8.
Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
The magnetic compass
c)
Maps
d)
The telescope
9.
Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know which direction they were going?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
The magnetic compass
c)
Maps
d)
The telescope
10.
Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?
a)
Leif Ericsson
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Prince Henry
d)
Bartolomeu Diaz
11.
Which of the following explains why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus's voyage?
a)
They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.
b)
They wanted to move to an island in the Carribean Sea
c)
They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.
d)
They wanted to trade with Native Americans.
12.
Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?
a)
south
b)
north
c)
east
d)
west
13.
How long did Columbus sail before he reached land on his first voyage?
a)
five days
b)
two years
c)
five weeks
d)
one month
14.
What did Columbus name the general area where he landed on his first voyage?
a)
America
b)
New Spain
c)
Taino
d)
West Indies
15.
Which of the following was a reason Cortes took Moctezuma prisoner?
a)
Moctezuma had not welcomed Cortes and his men.
b)
He wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
c)
He was afraid of the Aztecs superior weapons.
d)
He wanted to take Moctezuma back to Spain.
16.
What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella want Columbus to trade for in Asia?
a)
gold and spices
b)
lumber and fish
c)
cotton and wood
d)
horses and cattle
17.
Which of the following items from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans?
a)
corn and potatoes
b)
gold and silver
c)
horses
d)
bananas and sugar cane
18.
What was the overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people in North America?
a)
it was harmful to them
b)
it had no effect on them
c)
it was good for them
d)
it improved their lives
19.
How did mapmakers help European sailors improve their navigation?
a)
They made more accurate maps.
b)
They taught sailors how to operate the new caravel ships
c)
Their maps showed the dangerous areas of land routes
d)
They could tell them how fast their shipping was going.
20.
Which explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
a)
Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
Cortes
d)
Ponce de Leon
21.
Which of the following statements BEST describes prince Henry's navigation school?
a)
Prince Henry did not start a navigation school
b)
Students at the school were taught military arts that would use to conquer Native American civilizations.
c)
Christopher Columbus attended the school.
d)
Sailors, scholars, mapmakers, and shipbuilders worked together there to improve sea travel.
22.
Though both Native Americans and enslaved Africans suffered in New Spain, which of the following conditions was NOT shared by both groups?
a)
forced labor
b)
leaving their homeland
c)
suffering from sickness and overwork
d)
not knowing the language of their conquerers
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