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USI.4 European Exploration Unit Review

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Economic Reasons - Gold and Natural Resources are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

2.

Exchanging good and ideas are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

3.

Poor maps and navigational tools are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

4.

Lack of adequate supplies are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

5.

Claimed territories are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

6.

Religious Reasons - Spread of Christianity are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

7.

Fear of the Unknown is a...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacle to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

8.

Diseases and starvation are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

9.

Competition for Empire - Belief in superiority of own culture...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

10.

Improved navigational tools and ships are...

a)

Motivating Forces to European Exploration

b)

Obstacles to European Exploration

c)

Accomplishments of European Exploration

11.

Pick the "Motivating Force" to European Exploration...

a)

Fear of the Unknown

b)

Poor Maps and Navigational Tools

c)

Religious Reasons - Spread of Christianity

12.

Pick the "Obstacle" to European Exploration...

a)

Claimed Territories

b)

Poor Maps and Navigational Tools

c)

Competition for Empire

13.

Pick the "Accomplishment" to European Exploration...

a)

Claimed Territories

b)

Fear of the Unknown

c)

Religious Reasons

14.

Pick the "Motivating Force" to European Exploration...

a)

Economic Reasons - Gold and Natural Resources

b)

Disease and Starvation

c)

Improved Navigational Tools and Ships

15.

Pick the "Obstacle" to European Exploration...

a)

Religious Reasons

b)

Exchanged Goods and Ideas

c)

Lack of Adequate Supplies

16.

Pick the "Accomplishment" to European Exploration...

a)

Disease and Starvation

b)

Exchanged Goods and Ideas

c)

Religious Reasons

17.

Pick the "Motivating Force" to European Exploration...

a)

Fear of the Unknown

b)

Competition for Empire

c)

Disease and Starvation

18.

Pick the "Obstacle" to European Exploration...

a)

Fear of the Unknown

b)

Improved Navigational Tools and Ships

c)

Economic Reasons

19.

Pick the "Accomplishment" to European Exploration...

a)

Fear of the Unknown

b)

Improved Navigational Tools and Ships

c)

Disease and Starvation

20.

Pick the "Obstacle" to European Exploration...

a)

Claimed Territories

b)

Competition for Empire

c)

Disease and Starvation

21.

Who was the explorer that claimed land for England?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

22.

Who was the explorer that claimed land for Spain?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

23.

Who was the explorer(s) that claimed land for France?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

24.

What region of North America did John Cabot explore?

a)

Quebec

b)

Southwestern United States

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Eastern Canada

25.

What region of North America did Robert La Salle explore?

a)

Quebec

b)

Southwestern United States

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Eastern Canada

26.

What region of North America did Samuel de Champlain explore?

a)

Quebec

b)

Southwestern United States

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Eastern Canada

27.

What region of North America did Francisco Coronado explore?

a)

Quebec

b)

Southwestern United States

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Eastern Canada

28.

How did England interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Established Settlements

b)

Learned Farming Techniques

c)

Traded with Native Americans

29.

How did France interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Established Trading Posts and Spread Christianity

b)

Spread Diseases

c)

Conquered and Enslaved the Native Americans

30.

How did Spain interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Brought Christianity

b)

Spread Diseases

c)

Conquered and Enslaved the Native Americans

31.

Which group established settlements and claimed ownership of the land?

a)

Spanish

b)

Portuguese

c)

English

d)

French

32.

Which explorer used the route in RED on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

33.

Which explorer used the route in PURPLE on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

34.

Which explorer used the route in BLUE on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

35.

Which explorer used the route in GREEN on the map?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Samuel de Champlain

36.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Land Ownership

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

37.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Difference in Cultures

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

38.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Trade

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

39.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Difference in Language

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

40.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Crops

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

41.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Technology (Metal Weapons/Farm Tools)

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

42.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Competition for Trade

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

43.

Area of Cooperation/Conflict - Disease

a)

Cooperation

b)

Conflict

44.

Pick the - Area of Cooperation

a)

Competition for Trade

b)

Trade

c)

Disease

d)

Difference in Culture

45.

Pick the - Area of Cooperation

a)

Difference in Language

b)

Land Ownership

c)

Crops

d)

Difference in Culture

46.

Pick the - Area of Cooperation

a)

Technology (Metal Weapons and Farm Tools)

b)

Difference in Culture

c)

Difference in Language

d)

Land Ownership

47.

Pick the - Area of Conflict

a)

Trade

b)

Land Ownership

c)

Crops

48.

Pick the - Area of Conflict

a)

Difference in Cultures

b)

Crops

c)

Technology (Metal Weapons and Farm Tools)

49.

Pick the - Area of Conflict

a)

Trade

b)

Difference in Language

c)

Technology (Metal Weapons and Farm Tools)

50.

Pick the - Area of Conflict

a)

Trade

b)

Disease

c)

Crops

51.

Pick the - Area of Conflict

a)

Trade

b)

Competition for Trade

c)

Crops

52.

What items did Europeans exchange for West African gold?

a)

Metal

b)

Cloth

c)

Manufactured Goods

d)

Cougar Cards

53.

What were the three West African Empires?

a)

Snap, Crackle and Pop

b)

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

c)

Larry, Moe and Curly

d)

Alvin, Simon and Theodore

54.

Where were Ghana, Mali and Songhai located?

a)

Western Region of Africa

b)

Eastern Region of Africa

c)

Western Region of North American

d)

Eastern Region of Australia

55.

How did they empires become so powerful?

a)

Controlled trade with North America

b)

Controlled trade in Western Africa

c)

Controlled trade in Eastern Australia

d)

Were already powerful

56.

Which country made voyages to West Africa?

a)

England

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

France

57.

Who opened a school of navigation?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

John Cabot

c)

Mr. Tarr

d)

Robert La Salle

58.

What was the goal of the navigational school opened by Prince Henry?

a)

Develop better ships

b)

Develop better maps

c)

Develop better navigational tools

59.

What did the Portuguese trade for from West Africa?

a)

Gold

b)

Enslaved Africans

c)

Manufactured Goods

d)

Cougar Cards

60.

Which West African Empire is being represented in YELLOW?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

61.

Which West African Empire is being represented in YELLOW?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

62.

Which West African Empire is being represented in YELLOW?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

63.

The West African Empires were located south of which desert?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Mojave Desert