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WorksheetsEuropean Exploration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
He was born in Italy and sponsored by Spain. He landed in the Bahamas and thought he was in Asia.
a)
Columbus
b)
Balboa
c)
Cabot
d)
Hudson
2.
Which of the following is not a motive for exploration?
a)
God
b)
Glory
c)
Gold
d)
Gummies
3.
Why did Europeans want spices from Asia?
a)
Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.
b)
Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.
c)
Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incenses.
d)
all of the above
4.
What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?
a)
a passage to India by land
b)
a way to the South Pole
c)
a new trade route to India by sea
d)
a new school in Portugal
5.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
a)
a Portuguese prince
b)
He helped start European exploration and trade.
c)
He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
d)
all of the above
6.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
7.
Many of the first European explorers went exploring in search of gold and riches.
True or False
True or False
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Columbus thought that he had arrived at ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.
a)
Cathay
b)
Africa
c)
America
d)
India
9.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, Portugal, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden
d)
India, France, Greece
10.
Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
11.
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
a)
technology
b)
conquistador
c)
settlement
d)
circumnavigate
12.
Europe is a ______________ that includes countries like Spain, England, and France.
a)
country
b)
city
c)
continent
d)
state
13.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The global exchange of plants, food, diseases, and people over continents
b)
A method of currency created by Christopher Columbus
c)
The exchange of slave labor from Africa to the Americas
d)
The movement of people from the Americas to Europe
14.
Which of the following is a way exploration affected the natives of the Americas?
a)
They contracted many diseases and many died
b)
They were treated well by the Europeans
c)
They were exposed to llamas
d)
They were provided with potatoes by the Europeans
15.
A water route through North America to Asia.
a)
Northwest Passage
b)
encomienda
c)
conquistador
d)
mercantilism
16.
Which key factor fueled competition between European countries for colonies in the Americas?
a)
a European shortage of pepper and nutmeg
b)
a mandate from the papacy
c)
the desire to control sources of gold and silver
d)
the need to secure laborers for factories in Europe
17.
The Middle Passage is best defined as
a)
a route through the Swiss Alps
b)
a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
c)
the forced journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas
d)
the expulsion of Muslims from Spain
18.
Which three continents were part of the triangle trade?
a)
France, Africa, the Americas
b)
The Americas, Europe, Africa
c)
Australia, Antartica, Africa
d)
Africa, Europe, Middle East
19.
Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures.
a)
Asia
b)
America
c)
Antartica
d)
Australia
20.
To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean.
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Artic
21.
What technology helped spread the word of Columbus' travels?
a)
atrolabe
b)
printing press
c)
compass
d)
map
22.
The first successful attempt to circumnavigate the world was led by........
a)
Bartolomeu Diaz
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
23.
The Treaty of Tortesillas gave which European country claim to land the west of the line.
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Portugal
d)
England
24.
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus' expeditions?
a)
Italy
b)
Portugal
c)
Spain
d)
England
25.
What year did Columbus sail and "discover" America?
a)
1492
b)
1854
c)
1924
d)
1566 BC
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