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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ferdinand Magellan....

a)

made it to the Philippines

b)

crossed the Panama Canal

c)

discovered the St. Lawrence River

d)

made it to Cape Good Hope

2.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The trading of goods and ideas

b)

The currency exchange rate

c)

The way Columbus greeted the Natives

d)

The price of tea in China

3.

Choose two things the Americas gave the Old World

a)

Tomatoes

b)

Potatoes

c)

Horses

d)

Christianity

4.

Choose two things the Old World gave the New World

a)

Horses

b)

Slaves

c)

Corn

d)

Salt

5.

Which was NOT a reason for exploration?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

Gumption

6.

What is the name of the ship the Portuguese improved?

a)

Caravel

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Magnetic Compass

d)

Cartography

7.

What technology invented by the Greeks allowed sailors to navigate using the position of the stars?

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Magnetic Compass

c)

Cartography

d)

Caravel

8.

Which was not one of the places involved in the Triangular Trade?

a)

England

b)

Africa

c)

Americas

d)

India

9.

Which European discovered the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Vasca DaGama

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

10.

Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Francisco Pizarro