WorksheetsExploration!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why didn't people travel during the Middle Ages?
a)
It wasn't safe to travel.
b)
Europeans didn't know what existed outside their lands.
c)
Little learning prevented people's curiosity of finding new ways of doing things.
d)
All of these options
2.
What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Portugal
3.
How did the printing press impact exploration?
a)
It allowed people to travel against the wind.
b)
It allowed people to take pictures of the journeys they had traveled
c)
It made books more expensive
d)
The printing press allowed more people to learn to read and want to explore.
4.
What can be defined as a place or someone that produces everything they need?
a)
Astrolabe
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
self-sufficient
d)
interdependent
5.
Which is not one of the "3 G's?"
a)
God
b)
Gold
c)
Glory
d)
Galantry
6.
What is the benefit of the ship in this picture?
a)
It allowed explorers to be able to sail into the wind
b)
It always pointed North
c)
It could travel faster than all other ships
d)
It had more cargo room
7.
This diagram represents the...
a)
haciendo market
b)
encomienda system
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
effects of French exploration
8.
What group of people reached the Americas first, even thought they wouldn't stay there??
a)
Spanish
b)
Viking/Norse
c)
French
d)
English
9.
Which of these groups treated Native Americans harshly?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Vikings
10.
This was the first leader of the first expedition to sail around the globe.
a)
Cortes
b)
Pizzaro
c)
Balboa
d)
Magellen
11.
What's the historical significance of the beaver during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Native Americans suffered as they lost the beaver as a source of food
b)
French explorers traded heavily with Native Americans for beaver hides to make money
c)
Spaniards killed off much of the beaver population for damaging buildings around their colonies
d)
Beavers were brought over to the New World where they took over local waterways
12.
What is the name of the tool that allowed explorers to determine their position north and south?
a)
Astrolabe
b)
Magnetic compass
c)
Caravel
d)
navigator's level
13.
Which navigator is known for sailing down the St. Lawrence River to expand trade with the Native Americans?
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Hernando Cortes
c)
Marquette & Joliet
d)
Samuel de Champlain
14.
What was the primary killer of Natvie Americans during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Diseasese
b)
Foreign plants in their forests
c)
Warfare
d)
Poverty
15.
What is the significance of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
It brought many new ways of life to the Old and New Worlds
b)
The plants brought to the Old World didn't survive there
c)
Many Native Americans would move to Europe for a better way of life
d)
Native Americans became very wealthy off the trade with Europeans
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