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European Exploration

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the New World?

a)

Europea

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

North and South America

2.

What do you call a path that traders used to sell their goods?

a)

merchant

b)

exploration

c)

trade routes

d)

navigation

3.

What two places did the Silk Road connect?

a)

The Mediterranean Sea and China

b)

Europe and the New World

c)

The New World and China

d)

Africa and China

4.

Who is famous for travelling to China along the Silk Road?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

5.

Travel for the purpose of discovery is:

a)

navigation

b)

exploration

c)

invention

d)

voyage

6.

Another word for a long journey is:

a)

exploration

b)

navigation

c)

compass

d)

voyage

7.

A small of community where people come to live is a:

a)

settlement

b)

voyage

c)

merchant

d)

mission

8.

A deadly disease brought to the New World by Europeans was:

a)

measles

b)

flu

c)

smallpox

d)

all of the above

9.

A person who sells things for a living is a:

a)

monarch

b)

navigator

c)

merchant

d)

explorer

10.

Another word for farming is:

a)

agriculture

b)

archipelago

c)

monarchy

d)

navigation

11.

A word that means finding your way is:

a)

exploration

b)

compass

c)

peninsuls

d)

navigation

12.

A group of islands is:

a)

peninsula

b)

archipelago

c)

mission

d)

settlement

13.

Another name for a king or queen is:

a)

monarch

b)

merchant

c)

navigator

d)

conquistador

14.

The first Native Americans met by Europeans were the:

a)

Iroquois

b)

Taino

c)

Navajo

d)

Cherokee

15.

Land surrounded by water on three sides is a:

a)

archipelago

b)

agriculture

c)

peninsula

d)

canyon

16.

Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain in:

a)

1492

b)

1592

c)

1692

d)

1792

17.

A religious settlement to convert people to Christianity is a:

a)

settlement

b)

mission

c)

colony

d)

empire

18.

Land that is controlled by another country or government is a:

a)

empire

b)

colony

c)

mission

d)

peninsula

19.

A country that controls a lot of land around the world is:

a)

a settlement

b)

an archipelago

c)

an empire

d)

a monarchy

20.

The Spanish explorers who conquered new lands were:

a)

navigators

b)

monarchs

c)

inventors

d)

conquistadors

21.

Something that has never been created before is an:

a)

empire

b)

invention

c)

navigation

d)

mission

22.

The religion that Europeans brought to the New World is:

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

23.

Where did Christopher Columbus land?

a)

New York

b)

the Bahamas

c)

Florida

d)

Spain

24.

What were the effects of Europeans on the Native Americans?

a)

They stole their land.

b)

They brought diseases.

c)

They killed and enslaved them.

d)

All of the above.

25.

A tool for navigation that points to the north is a:

a)

invention

b)

compass

c)

mission

d)

caravel