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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 3hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

a)

"Rebirth"

b)

The name of the 5th Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

c)

The name of a navigation tool used by sailors

d)

To sail completely around the world

2.

What term means, "The use of scientific knowledge & tools to do things better & faster"?

a)

Technology

b)

Profit

c)

Slavery

d)

Navigation

3.

What is, "A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay"?

a)

Profit

b)

Navigation

c)

Portugal

d)

Slavery

4.

What is the Social Studies term that means, "to go completely around the world"?

a)

Profit

b)

Slavery

c)

Navigation

d)

Circumnavigate

5.

What term means, "the science of planning and directing the direction of a ship"?

a)

Circumnavigate

b)

Slavery

c)

Navigation

d)

Technology

6.

What were the 2 inventions that came from China to Europe that helped the Age of Exploration?

a)

Silk & Canoes

b)

The Printing Press & Garbanzo Beans

c)

Gunpowder & The Railroad

d)

Gunpowder & The Printing Press

7.

Ferdinand Magellan is most known for doing what?

a)

Found the first sea route to India

b)

Discovered the Cape of Good Hope

c)

Circumnavigating the world

d)

Establishing the first route on the Silk Road

8.

Who sailed for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain in 1492?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco Da Gamma

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Prince Henry of Portugal

9.

What do you call the process where goods were traded and shared between Europe & the New World?

a)

Jeopardy!

b)

The Silk Road

c)

The Colombian Exchange

d)

The Trading War

10.
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for
a)
the mythical Fountain of Youth
b)
the city of gold
c)
a passage way to Asia
d)
the New World 
11.
Christopher Columbus actually discovered the entire continent of North America but he believed he had 
a)
sailed around the world
b)
reached Asia
c)
located a trading route for the world
d)
made friends with the Native Americans
12.
The Age of Exploration started in
a)
an ancient era
b)
the 1500's
c)
the 1400's
d)
modern times
13.
Christopher Columbus was successful on his first attempt to get Portugal to fund his exploration.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
As the Spanish empire grew , explorers forced native populations into
a)
slavery
b)
a better life
c)
other lands
d)
their government
15.
Hernando Cortes crushed the Aztec empire and claimed what land for Spain?
a)
Mexico
b)
Texas
c)
Florida
d)
Georgia
16.
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in
a)
1569
b)
1492
c)
1700's
d)
666 BC
17.
Europeans were desperate to get Spices from 
a)
France 
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
Georgia
18.
Spices were used to
a)
Spice up food
b)
preserve foods and keep them from spoiling
c)
make clothes from
d)
use for blankets to keep warm
19.
Christopher Columbus' idea to sail west to find a the shortcut to the Indies was financed by
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
the Americans
20.
Hernan Cortes
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Known for conquering the Aztecs
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
Known for conquering the Incas
21.
In regards to the Columbian Exchange, what was the major factor that killed majority of the Native Americans?
a)
They died from starvation
b)
They died from disease
c)
They died from battle
d)
They died from poor nutrition 
22.

What do you call a person who travels in search of new places and information?

a)

astrolabe

b)

native

c)

explorer

d)

compass

23.

In what years did the Age of Exploration occur?

a)

1300-1600s

b)

1400-1600s

c)

1300-1500s

d)

1400-1700s

24.

Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

a)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Samuel de Champlain

25.
Who was ruler of the Aztec when Cortes arrived in Mexico?
a)
Cortes
b)
Pizarro
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Montezuma II
26.
Cortes is most famous for which deed?
a)
conquering the Aztec empire
b)
becoming mayor of a Cuban town
c)
starting construction of Mexico City
d)
becoming friends with native people
27.
What was the capital of the Aztec empire?
a)
Nahuatl
b)
Mexico City
c)
Montezuma
d)
Tenochtitlan
28.
What country gave Christopher Columbus money for his trip?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
England
29.
Which explorer discovered and named Florida?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
John Cabot
30.

A sum of money or other payment given for a particular reason

a)

desertion

b)

Trade

c)

Grant

d)

expedition

31.

who led the first Spanish expedition to Florida?

a)

Hernando Cortez

b)

Moctezuma

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Panfilo de Narvaez

32.

Who was looking the "Fountain of Youth"?

a)

Montezuma

b)

Cortez

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Christopher Columbus

33.
Who is the explorer from whom America got its name?
a)
Cabot 
b)
Vespucci 
c)
Da Gama
34.
An explorer who claims land for Spain is known as a...
a)
Ranchero
b)
Migrant
c)
Conquistador
d)
Empressarion
35.
Italian captain sent by England to find the Northwest Passage; he discovered a valuable fishing area instead.
a)
John Cabot
b)
John White
c)
Giovanni da Verrazano
d)
Jacques Cartier
36.
Who found the Northwest Passage?
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Giovanni da Verrazano
c)
Samuel de Champlain
d)
Nobody
37.

Crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513, confirming Vespucci's theory.

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

38.

An agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters.

a)

A contract

b)

A constitution

c)

Treaty

39.
The art and science of map making is called:
a)
cartography
b)
mapography
c)
quilting
d)
mapology
40.
In which direction did the Spanish sail?
a)
East
b)
North
c)
West
d)
South
41.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
42.
This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.
a)
Compass
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Quadrant
43.
European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
The north pole
d)
California
44.
What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)
a)
Balboa
b)
Cabot
c)
Magellan
d)
De Soto
45.
Which of the following was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe?
a)
to find a more direct water route to Asia
b)
to set up colonies
c)
to spread the Catholic religion
d)
to stay home
46.
Which explorer claimed for Holland much of what  is now the state of New York?
a)
Hudson
b)
Balboa
c)
De Soto
d)
Coronado
47.
Which explorer claimed land for Spain that is now Florida and was the first Spaniard to step foot on present day United States?
a)
Balboa
b)
Coronoda
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
De Soto
48.
Which explorer became the first to reach the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Balboa
b)
Coronado
c)
Hudson
d)
De Soto
49.
Who was the Americas named after?
a)
Giovanni Cabato
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Henry Hudson
50.
Where did Christopher Columbus believed he had landed in 1492?
a)
Europe
b)
Indies
c)
South Africa
51.

New scientific machines or equipment that make life/chores easier.

a)

physiology

b)

psychology

c)

technology

d)

etymology

52.

The three ships of Christopher Columbus were __________

a)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

b)

Nina, Pinta, La Quinta

c)

Larry, Joe, Moe

d)

Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup

53.

What is a settlement far away from the country that rules it called?

a)

expedition

b)

Renaissance

c)

colony

d)

caravel

54.
merchants
a)
people who buy and sell goods
b)
explorers
c)
process to plan a course and location
55.
conquistadors
a)
people who bought and sold goods
b)
and organized journey
c)
conqueror
56.
expedition 
a)
an organized journey usually led by a conquistador
b)
a group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
c)
an organized journey
57.
circumnavigate
a)
to sail completely around the world
b)
helped sailors know how far north or south they were
c)
helped sailors know which direction they were headed
58.
Columbian Exchange
a)
the movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and disease between the eastern and western hemispheres
b)
the buying and selling of goods
c)
an outbreak of disease that spread quickly
59.

What are the 3 G's of Exploration?

a)

Good Food, Great Music, Great Times

b)

Gold, Guns, Glory

c)

Gold, God, Garbanzo beans

d)

Gold, Glory, God

60.
Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec 
a)
Francisco Pizarro 
b)
Sir Francis Drake 
c)
Hernan Cortez 
d)
Henry the Navigator 
61.
Explorer credited with the discovery of the New World
a)
Ferdinand Magellan 
b)
Christoper Columbus
c)
Bartolomeu Dias 
d)
Sir Francis Drake 
62.

What disease brought by the Colombian exchange is creited to killing the most Native American in the new world?

a)

The Cold

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Small Pox

d)

Mad Cow

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