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Age of Exploration and Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Rudder

2.

Which was an immediate impact of the European "Age of Exploration?"

a)

Britain controlled the western part of Africa.

b)

For a short time, the Aztec Empire ruled the world.

c)

Islamic culture spread throughout Asia and North America.

d)

European economic, political, and social influence spread throughout the Americas

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?

a)

Caravel

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Frigate

d)

Compass

4.

Which country was the leader in exploration?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Germany

d)

England

5.
Which country claims the land occupied by letter B?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
Portugal
6.
Type of colony that grew in the South Eastern part of the Americas and the Caribbean
a)
Trade
b)
Settlement
c)
Plantation
d)
Essential
7.

What is a conquistador?

a)

Spanish conqueror

b)

middle passage

c)

Native Americans

8.

Slaves were brought from

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

West Africa

d)

North America

9.

What were the motivations of the Spanish?

a)

food

b)

slavery

c)

Land and riches

d)

none of the above

10.

Who conquered the Aztec

a)

Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortes

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Pizarro

11.

Who conquered the Inca in South America

a)

Columbus

b)

Pizarro

c)

Cortes

d)

all of the above

12.
__________ was the explorer who led the expedition that eventually had one ship sail all the way around the world.
a)
Balboa
b)
Magellan
c)
Columbus
d)
Vespucci
13.

What was the main purpose of Columbus' exploration?

a)

Searching for gold in South America

b)

Finding slave labor to bring to Spain

c)

Searching for a water route to Asia

d)

Bringing Spanish settlers to start a new colony

14.

Columbus' exploration and discovery was primarily in this area

a)

South America

b)

Small islands of the Caribbean Sea

c)

Rivers of the Northeast United States

d)

Modern day Mexico and Southwestern U.S.

15.

Who were the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century?

a)

Mestizo

b)

Encomienda

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Conquistadors

16.

What is a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry?

a)

Conquistador

b)

Encomienda

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Mestizo

17.

Which explorer is represented here?

a)

Cabot

b)

da Gama

c)

Columbus

18.
Prince Henry was from _____.
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
USA
19.
Prince Henry's nickname was _____.
a)
Henry the Navigator
b)
Henry from Spain
c)
The Mighty Navigator
d)
Henry the Great Navigator
20.
Most of Prince Henry's expeditions were to _____.
a)
Africa
b)
Norway
c)
USA
d)
Spain
21.
To sail around the globe is called
a)
circumstance
b)
circumnavigate
c)
circumference
d)
circumven
22.
1st to sail around (circumnavigate) the globe
a)
Magellan
b)
de Gama
c)
Columbus
d)
Dias
23.
Whose route is shown in this map?
a)
Magellan
b)
de Gama
c)
Columbus
d)
Dias
24.
Drake sailed for 
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
New World
25.
What country sponsored Jacques Cartier?  
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
America
26.

Jacques Cartier accomplished the following during his years of exploration:

a)

He discovered America.

b)

He discovered the Pacific Ocean.

c)

He sailed over 1000 miles of the St. Lawrence River.

Named Canada

d)

He discovered both Florida and Puerto Rico.

27.
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
28.
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
29.
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
30.

What did Galileo improve?

a)

the astrolabe

b)

the stars

c)

the telescope

d)

cat food

31.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
32.

During the Scientific Revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________.

a)

King

b)

Family

c)

Church

33.

Developed the 3 laws of motion.

a)

Joseph Priestly

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Charles Darwin

34.

Referred to as the Father of the Scientific Method

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Francis Bacon

35.

Known for his work on gravity

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Charles Darwin

36.

Who was known for the fugue--interweaving of voices?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

37.

Who was known for composing operas?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

38.
Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?
a)
horses and major diseases
b)
squash, pumpkins, and turkeys
c)
cocoa and horses
d)
cocoa and llamas
39.
Which was traded from the New World to the Old World?
a)
major diseases
b)
horses
c)
potatoes and corn
d)
slaves
40.
When did the Columbian Exchange take place?
a)
Before 1492
b)
During the European Dark Ages
c)
After WW2
d)
After 1492
41.
How did potatoes and corn help Europeans?
a)
Increased their life spans and health
b)
Lowered their life spans and health
42.
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
43.
Are Triangular Trade and the Columbian Exchange synonyms?
a)
Yes
b)
No
44.
The intentional trading of goods for Europe to make a profit
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Triangular Trade
45.

The unintentional mixing of crops, animals, diseases, and more between the Old and New World

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Triangular Trade

46.
What did Europe take on the ships to Africa?
a)
People
b)
Raw Materials
c)
Manufactured goods
d)
Diseases
47.
What did Europe take from the New World back to Europe?
a)
Manufactured Goods
b)
Raw Materials
c)
People
d)
Deadly Diseases
48.
What did Europe take from Africa to the New World?
a)
Manufactured Goods
b)
People 
c)
Raw Materials
49.
Which of the following is not a reason why the Europeans exchanged slaves for manufactured goods to take to the New World?
a)
75-90% of the natives had low immunities and were killed
b)
75-90% of the natives had high immunities and could work on the plantations
c)
they needed workers for their plantations to be successful
d)
Africans had already built up their immunities to Old World diseases
50.

What effect did the Triangular Trade have on Europe?

a)

It immediately helped industrialize Africa and Latin America

b)

It drained their economy of resources

c)

It led to the need for more resources

d)

It helped them become wealthy and have an economic advantage

51.

Which word fits with Triangular Trade more than the Columbian Exchange?

a)

accidental

b)

intentional

52.

Which economic system was most beneficial to England?

a)

mercantilism

b)

capitalism

53.

In mercantilism, who controls trade?

a)

the church

b)

the government

c)

the people

d)

the court

54.

The following picture represents which economic system?

a)

mercantilism

b)

capitalism

55.

England hoped to get rich by __________ more goods than it ________

a)

making/sold

b)

importing/exported

c)

buying/sold

d)

exporting/imported

56.

Which is not a characteristic of mercantilism?

a)

the colonists were told how much to charge for their goods

b)

the government told colonists where to ship their goods

c)

the colonists were told what goods to grow/make

d)

the colonists had a lot of freedom

57.

Miguel Cervantes wrote

a)

Tale of Two Cities

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Les Miserables

d)

"Liberty Leading the Way"

58.

Charles Dickens wrote

a)

Tale of Two Cities

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Les Miserables

d)

"Liberty Leading the Way"

59.

Victor Hugo wrote

a)

Tale of Two Cities

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Les Miserables

d)

"Liberty Leading the Way"

60.

Eugene Delacroix painted

a)

"Tale of Two Cities"

b)

"Don Quixote"

c)

"Les Miserables"

d)

"Liberty Leading the Way"

61.
He correctly proved how the blood was circulated in the human body
a)
William Shakesphere
b)
William Harvey
c)
Sir Issac Newton
d)
Petrarch
62.
Invented the microscope
a)
Rene Laennec
b)
Louis Pasteur
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
63.
Discovered a vaccine for smallpox
a)
Louis Pasteur
b)
Edward Jenner
c)
Dorothea Dix
d)
Elizabeth Blackwell 
64.

Louis Pasteur created a process of heating food to kill bacteria/germs that was called...

a)

sanitation

b)

chemistry

c)

germ theory

d)

pasteurization

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