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WorksheetsAge of Exploration Part 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the Age of Exploration?
a)
He established a network of Catholic missions in Africa
b)
He paid for European explorers to search for trade routes to Asia
c)
He opened a school in Portugal to teach new navigational techniques.
d)
He made contact with the Muslim rulers who controlled the Silk Road Trade Routes
2.
Which desire contributed to the start of the Age of Exploration?
a)
Asian merchants' desire to export luxury goods
b)
Muslim rulers' desire to conquer new territories
c)
African traders' desire to find new markets for slaves
d)
Europeans' desire to find new trade routes to Asia
3.
Which explains why the European nations searched for new trade routes to Africa and Asia?
a)
the desire to learn more about foreign cultures
b)
European application of new navigational technologies
c)
the need for new markets for manufactured goods
d)
the silk road was controlled by Italy and the Muslim Empires
4.
Which policy did the Chinese government first adopt with regard to European traders?
a)
It gave them exclusive rights to export Chinese goods to Europe.
b)
It adopted their economic system to help modernize the Chinese economy.
c)
It allowed them to trade in China but limited their access to Chinese territory.
d)
It blocked them from doing business in China but allowed them to establish missions
5.
The growth of the transatlantic slave trade resulted in which change?
a)
an increase in the price of slaves sold in Europe
b)
permanent slavery as a new way of life
c)
Arab control over trade routes through central Africa
d)
European control over large amounts of territory in Africa
6.
During the early stages of the Age of Exploration, how did Europeans obtain the goods they needed from Africa?
a)
They bartered with African traders
b)
They brought luxury goods to Africa
c)
They minted a large supply of gold coins
d)
They sold African slaves in the Americas
7.
Which statement describes the main impact of the voyages of Bartolemeu Dias and Vasco Da Gama?
a)
They demonstrated that it was easier to reach Asia by sea than by land
b)
They opened sea routes that allowed Europeans to trade directly with Asia
c)
They made Europeans aware of the wealth of the empires of the Americas
d)
They gave Portugal an early lead in controlling the transatlantic slave trade
8.
Which statement describes the Japanese rulers' first response to the arrival of Europeans?
a)
They blocked Europeans from colonizing or trading with Japan
b)
They opened Japan to European trade and cultural influence
c)
They demanded shipments of weapons for the right to trade in Japan
d)
They prevented European missionaries from living among Japanese people
9.
During most of the Age of Exploration, India was controlled by...
a)
Mughal emperors
b)
Chinese soldiers
c)
British and Dutch administrators
d)
Portuguese and Arab traders
10.
Which statement describes Shogum Ieyasu Tokugawa's views regarding Japanese interactions with Europe?
a)
He was suspicious of European influence over the Japanese way of life
b)
He valued the wealth that European traders brought to Japanese merchants
c)
He welcomed European scientific innnovations but rejected European culture
d)
He worried about the possibility of war between Japan and a European nation.
11.
Which factor most directly contributed to the development of the transatlantic slave trade?
a)
the reopening of the Silk Road trade routes
b)
the establishment of European colonies in South Asia
c)
the need for workers on plantations and mines in the Americas
d)
the competition among European nations to control territory in Africa
12.
The first European colony in southern Africa was established by...
a)
Vasco Da Gama
b)
Bartolomeu Dias
c)
Diogo Cam
d)
Jan Van Reibeeck
13.
Which statement BEST explains how the expansion of European trade contributed to the spread of Christianity?
a)
African and Asian merchants brought European religious ideas home with them
b)
The wealth brought by expanded trade made the Catholic Church more powerful
c)
Missionaries often traveled with merchants and established missions near trading posts
d)
European rulers who funded trade explorations required the crews to be entirely Christian
14.
Which factor explains why Portugal had an early advantage over other European nations in trade with India?
a)
the productivity of the Portuguese silk industry
b)
the successful voyages of Portuguese navigators
c)
Portugal's close relationship with the Catholic Church
d)
Portuguese control over the transatlantic slave trade
15.
Which of the following allowed England to control more of the trade with Asia?
a)
development of a powerful navy
b)
innovations in navigational technology
c)
purchase of the Dutch East India Company
d)
victory over France in the Hundred years' war
16.
European slave traders preferred to purchase...
a)
Arab nomads
b)
Native Americans
c)
young African men
d)
experienced Asian artisans
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