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WorksheetsMrs. Anthony's 5th Grade Chapter 3: A Time of Exploration
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What group of people ruled an empire in South America?
the Tainos
the Incas
the Aztecs
the Soninkes
Who invented a new way to print books?
Marco Polo
Machu Picchu
Zheng He
Johannes Gutenberg
What did the Turks do that affected trade between Europe and Asia?
They closed trade routes to Asia.
They built the Silk Road.
They invented the astrolabe.
They sailed around the tip of Africa.
Why was Prince Henry of Portugal known as the Navigator?
He acted as a ship’s navigator for Bartolomeu Dias.
He set up a school to train sailors in navigation.
He invented the chronometer.
He wrote a book about his travels to Asia.
Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain?
to find a new route to Asia
to discover the Ocean Sea
to conquer the Aztecs
because of the Reconquista
Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Giovanni Caboto
An agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters is called-
a claim
a demarcation
a treaty
an encounter
Why did Indians help Hernando Cortes fight the Aztecs?
They wanted the Spanish armor.
They thought Cortes was a god.
Cortes offered to pay them in gold.
They were unhappy with Aztec rule.
Who led the expedition of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River?
Panfilo de Narvaez
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Juan Ponce de Leon
Why did northern European explorers search for a Northwest Passage?
to establish Quebec City
to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
to find a route to Asia
to seek out vegetables like corn to take back to Europe
the person who asked his people to stop fighting Cortes’s forces
Juan Ponce de Leon
Marco Polo
Motecuhzoma
Henry Hudson
Ahmad Ibn Majid
the person who claimed Florida for Spain while he was looking for the fountain of youth
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ahmad Ibn Majid
Marco Polo
Motecuhzoma
Henry Hudson
the person who claimed the Hudson River valley for the Dutch
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ahmad Ibn Majid
Marco Polo
Motecuhzoma
Henry Hudson
the person who traveled with his father and uncle into China and the Indies
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ahmad Ibn Majid
Marco Polo
Motecuhzoma
Henry Hudson
the navigator who helped Vasco da Gama sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ahmad Ibn Majid
Marco Polo
Motecuhzoma
Henry Hudson
