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WorksheetsChapter 2 - Age of Exploration
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 17mins
European countries had 3 main goals for exploration, which wasn't one of them?
God
Glory
Games
Gold
Which of these early explorers travelled to China and wrote abut the journey in a book called "Travels?"
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Mansa Musa
Marco Polo
Why did Portugal want to explore the world?
to find a new trade route to Asia
to test their new technology
to rule the world
to satisfy their curiosity
The French word RENAISSANCE means ?
reform
rebirth
retain
realign
A new religion called ? spread quickly through the Middle East and Africa.
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
This was a movement to change some the the Roman Catholic teachings.
Christianity
Reformation
Reniassance
Crusades
These were religious expeditions to the Holy Land
Crusades
Circumnavigate
Renaissance
Reformation
The period of great intellectual creativity and discovery was called?
Renaissance
Crusades
Reformation
Middle Ages
This Renaissance invention made it possible for people to read more books.
astrolabe
caravel
compass
printing press
This Renaissance invention allowed explorers to use the stars to help them navigate.
caravel
compass
astrolabe
printing press
This Renaissance invention helped make long sea voyages possible.
caravel
compass
astrolabe
printing press
This Renaissance invention allowed explorers to set a course north, east, south, or west - with this tool.
caravel
compass
astrolabe
printing press
This word described a voyage that circled the entire world.
diameter
longitude
parallel
circumnavigate
This explorer was sent by Portugal to explore Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Naviagtor
Bartolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
This explorers army conquered the Inca Empire and killed their leader.
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
This explorer was the first to realize that the America's were not the Indies.
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Henry the Navigator
Amerigo Vespucci
This explorer believed he could reach the Indies by sailing west.
Francisco Pizzaro
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
This explorer searched for a passed through the America's for the Dutch.
Henry Hudson
Henry the Navigator
Henry of Ghent
Henry VIII
This explorer named the Pacific Ocean and his crew circumnavigated the world.
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
Henry the Navigator
He set up a school for exploration and navigation in Portugal.
Henry Hudson
Henry of Ghent
Henry the Navigator
Henry VIII
Which conquistador landed on the east coast of present day Mexico?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Leon
What Italian explorer led expeditions for France?
Giovanni de Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Louis Joliet
Samuel de Champlain
What did the French establish in the America's?
fishing and fur trade
gold and silver mines
underground communities
African slave trade
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas with the Nina, the Pinta, and the ___?___
Isabella
Ave Maria
Santa Maria
Tordesillas
The Reformation can best be described as:
a type of government
the study of scientific ideas
a religious movement
an artistic rebirth
A conquistador is a member of the Spanish upper class living in the Americas.
True
False
A mission is a religious community that includes a small town and the surrounding area.
true
false
When Columbus's three ships made landfall in 1492, he found himself in Asia (the Indies)
true
false
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe was dominated by the Catholic Church.
true
false
Information from explorers assisted map makers in creating more accurate land and sea maps.
true
false
After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of ...
disease
overcrowded conditions
exposure to heat
starvation
What did England, France and the Netherlands hope to discover in their explorations?
a route to South America
a northwest passage to Asia
an overland route to Africa
a bridge to Antarctica
Which of these was an essential part of the economy of the Spanish colonies?
Native American currency
searching for gold
using enslaved workers for labor
growing beans, corn and maize
Which of these events was the FIRST to take place?
Magellan sails around the world
Marco Polo returns from China
The first Crusade is launched
Columbus sails to the Americas
Vasco da Gama is the one who finally sailed around __?__ to reach India?
Antarctica
Africa
North America
South America
