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Worksheets7 - The Age of Exploration
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following were 'causes' of the Age of Exploration?
New Trade Routes
Wealth for Countries
Desire to prove the earth was round
All of the Above
During the 1400's many uneducated people believed this.
That God was responsible for everything that happened
That China and Japan did not exist
That the earth was flat
That there was more water than land mass
This figure is known as the 'patron' of Portuguese exploration.
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Daiz
Charles V
What was the name of this type of sail?
Italian
Mediterranean
Triangular
Lateen
Which explorer was the first to make this journey?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
The Portuguese developed a new style of ship. What was it known as?
Caravel
Carrack
Nao
Clinker-Built
What was the route marked in red known as?
The Great Asian Highway
The Traders Route
The Silk Highway
The Silk Road
What was the name of Columbus' lead ship?
Pinta
Santa Maria
Nina
San Antonio
Henry the Navigator setup a school of navigation here.
Sagres
Palo
Saville
New Mexico
Columbus was from which Italian City State?
Milan
Rome
Venice
Genoa
North America is named after this explorer.
Magellan
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry the Navigator
What is happening in this picture?
Magellan has just found 'El Paso'
Columbus is claiming San Salvador for Spain & God
Magellan has just found the Pacific Ocean
Cortes is meeting with natives from the Aztec Empire
Which New World Empire did Atahualpa rule?
Aztec
Inca
Who believed he could 'reach the east by sailing west'?
Da Gama
Diaz
Magellan
Columbus
Who captained Magellan's expedition after his death?
Francis Drake
Antonio Pigafetta
Sabastian Del Cano
The Pinzon Brothers
What is this piece of equipment?
Chronometer & Line
Lead & Line
Line & Anchor
Log & Line
Who was the first European explorer to find a sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
What is the navigational instrument above?
Quadrant
Compass
Sextant
Chronometer
Which Conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?
Pizzarro
Cortes
What did many of the New World natives die from?
Introduced diseases
War with the explorers
Drowning
Starvation
In what century did the Age of Exploration begin?
15th
16th
17th
18th
How did Columbus manage to stop mutiny within his crew?
He put senior sailors in charge of crew morale
He threatened to execute those involved
He offered them extra food rations
He kept a second logbook with false information entered
The ' (a) of Tordesillas' divided the world into East (Portugese) & West (Spanish) zones.
Conquistador means 'conquerer' in which language?
Spanish
Portuguese
Which Conquistador conquered the Inca Empire?
Cortes
Pizzaro
12 million (a) were shipped from Africa to North & South America during the Age of Exploration.
