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Mrs. Anthony's 5th Grade Chapter 3: A Time of Exploration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What group of people ruled an empire in South America?

a)

the Tainos

b)

the Incas

c)

the Aztecs

d)

the Soninkes

2.

Who invented a new way to print books?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Zheng He

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

3.

What did the Turks do that affected trade between Europe and Asia?

a)

They closed trade routes to Asia.

b)

They built the Silk Road.

c)

They invented the astrolabe.

d)

They sailed around the tip of Africa.

4.

Why was Prince Henry of Portugal known as the Navigator?

a)

He acted as a ship’s navigator for Bartolomeu Dias.

b)

He set up a school to train sailors in navigation.

c)

He invented the chronometer.

d)

He wrote a book about his travels to Asia.

5.

Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain?

a)

to find a new route to Asia

b)

to discover the Ocean Sea

c)

to conquer the Aztecs

d)

because of the Reconquista

6.

Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

d)

Giovanni Caboto

7.

An agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters is called-

a)

a claim

b)

a demarcation

c)

a treaty

d)

an encounter

8.

Why did Indians help Hernando Cortes fight the Aztecs?

a)

They wanted the Spanish armor.

b)

They thought Cortes was a god.

c)

Cortes offered to pay them in gold.

d)

They were unhappy with Aztec rule.

9.

Who led the expedition of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River?

a)

Panfilo de Narvaez

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

d)

Juan Ponce de Leon

10.

Why did northern European explorers search for a Northwest Passage?

a)

to establish Quebec City

b)

to convert Native Americans to Catholicism

c)

to find a route to Asia

d)

to seek out vegetables like corn to take back to Europe

11.

the person who asked his people to stop fighting Cortes’s forces

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Motecuhzoma

d)

Henry Hudson

e)

Ahmad Ibn Majid

12.

the person who claimed Florida for Spain while he was looking for the fountain of youth

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Ahmad Ibn Majid

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Motecuhzoma

e)

Henry Hudson

13.

the person who claimed the Hudson River valley for the Dutch

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Ahmad Ibn Majid

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Motecuhzoma

e)

Henry Hudson

14.

the person who traveled with his father and uncle into China and the Indies

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Ahmad Ibn Majid

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Motecuhzoma

e)

Henry Hudson

15.

the navigator who helped Vasco da Gama sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Ahmad Ibn Majid

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Motecuhzoma

e)

Henry Hudson