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Discovery and Exploration / Scientific Revolution Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Columbus believed he had landed in......
a)
China
b)
India
c)
South America
d)
Africa
2.
How did diseases impact the New World?
a)
They didn't
b)
They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
c)
They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
d)
They helped the natives beat the Spanish
3.
Which navigational device invented by the Portuguese had a rudder, square and triangular sails, several masts, and could be used to travel close to the shore? (7-1.2)
a)
Caravel
b)
Astrolabe 
c)
Frigate
d)
Compass
4.

Which European country did NOT claim territory in North America?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

England

d)

France

5.
Who paid for Columbus to make his journey?
a)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
b)
King Louis and Queen Elizabeth
c)
King David and Queen Isabela
6.
Columbus became famous when he sailed west across which ocean?
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
7.

The Aztecs and Incas were native cultures who were defeated by Spanish expeditions lead by men like Cortez and Pizarro. Cortez and Pizzaro were known as _________________________.

a)

Conquistadors

b)

Monarchs

c)

Judges

d)

Representatives

8.
The first man to round the southern tip of Africa was 
a)
Cortes
b)
da Gama
c)
Magellan
d)
Dias
9.
Who went on an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope to India which gave Portugal a lucrative spice trade with India?
a)
da Gama
b)
Dias
c)
Magellan
d)
Columbus
10.
This explorer died in the Philippines, but his crew continued on back to Spain to complete the first circumnavigation of the world.
a)
Dias
b)
Cabot
c)
Columbus
d)
Magellan
11.
Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztecs and destroyed their capital?
a)
Cortes
b)
Pizarro
c)
Balboa
d)
las Casas
12.
Columbus finally realized that he had discovered a new continent and that he had not reached India.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Columbus was not the first to discover the New World. 
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
15.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
16.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
17.
The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Johannes Kepler
18.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
19.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
20.
What is the heliocentric theory?
a)
There is no sun
b)
The sun is smaller than the Earth
c)
The sun is the center of the universe
d)
The Earth in the center of the universe
21.
What did the geocentric theory state?
a)
The sun was at the center of the universe
b)
The earth was at the center of the universe
22.
During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________
a)
King
b)
Family
c)
Church
d)
Sir Salami 
23.
Which scientist developed laws of motion?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
24.

This is the structure of living things.

a)

humanist

b)

geocentric theory

c)

anatomy

d)

rationalism

25.

_____________ is Isaac Newton's theory that gravity acts on ALL objects throughout the universe.

a)

Universal distribution

b)

Universal technology

c)

Universal apparatus

d)

Universal gravitation

26.

A/an _________ is an instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon.

a)

astroplane

b)

astrolabe

c)

telescope

d)

centrifuge

27.

A ship designed for long voyages would be called a

a)

cruise line

b)

caravel

c)

scooner

d)

catamaran

28.

If you were to ___________ the world, you would in essence travel completely around the world.

a)

navigate

b)

travel

c)

scribe

d)

circumnavigate

29.

The wealth of a nation determining its power would be described as

a)

nationalism

b)

communism

c)

socialism

d)

mercantilism

30.

The economic system based on private ownership of economic resources is best described as

a)

capitalism

b)

constructionism

c)

communism

d)

corporate confusion

31.

The movement of living things between hemispheres would be called the __________ ___________

a)

Columbus' caravel

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Cartwright's colossus

d)

Cambodian trail

32.

He is known as the Prince of Portugal that created a research center to help him explore the world.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Henry the Navigator

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