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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
tool used to determine direction (N,S,E,W)
a)
Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
caravel
d)
telescope
2.
used to determine latitude using the position of stars
a)
compass
b)
caravel
c)
Astrolabe
d)
telescope
3.
Used to see far away
a)
Compass
b)
telescope
c)
caravel
d)
astrolabe
4.
Used to see far away
a)
Compass
b)
telescope
c)
caravel
d)
astrolabe
5.
Time period during which Europeans explored the world starting in 1400's
a)
Renaissance
b)
Reformation
c)
Middle Ages
d)
Age of Exploration
6.
Settled in a new territory or land while the mother country maintains control
a)
Colony
b)
exploration
c)
Mercantilism
d)
economy
7.
Mother countries growing wealthy via controlled trade with colonies
a)
trade
b)
stealing
c)
colonies
d)
Mercantilism
8.
Explorer credited with the discovery of the New World
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Christoper Columbus
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Sir Francis Drake
9.
Which question below is NOT a reason the Spain explored the New World
a)
Oil
b)
Gold
c)
God
d)
Glory
10.
What two types of Governments were established in the early colonies?
a)
Democratic and Representative
b)
Monarchy and Tyrannical
c)
Self and Representative
d)
US and European
11.
What two types of Governments were established in the early colonies?
a)
Democratic and Representative
b)
Monarchy and Tyrannical
c)
Self and Representative
d)
US and European
12.
What do archaeologists study?
a)
artifacts
b)
books
c)
videos
d)
interviews
13.
Why did explorers plant flags?
a)
to teach Christianity
b)
to help the natives
c)
to find their way back again
d)
to claim land for their country
14.
Who gave the term "New World" to the Americas.
a)
European Explorers
b)
Natives of the Americas
c)
shipbuilders
d)
spice traders
15.
During the Age of Exploration, explorers were trying to find new trade routes to what place?
a)
Africa
b)
America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
16.
Which new foods came from America?
a)
wheat and rice
b)
apples and pears
c)
spaghetti squash and cucumbers
d)
potatoes and squash
17.
Which new foods came from America?
a)
wheat and rice
b)
apples and pears
c)
spaghetti squash and cucumbers
d)
potatoes and squash
18.
What do farmers do with a cash crop?
a)
eat it as soon as possible
b)
freeze it to store for winter
c)
sell it for money
d)
feed it to animals
19.
What religious goal inspired many European explorers?
a)
to visit holy sites
b)
to live in poverty
c)
to learn about other faiths
d)
to spread their beliefs
20.
What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?
a)
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
b)
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
c)
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
d)
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.
21.
The voyage of Magellan was the first to do what?
a)
travel around the horn of Africa
b)
circumnavigate the globe
c)
bring enslaved Africans to Europe
d)
reach the Americas
22.
How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?
a)
They prayed for the Native Americans.
b)
They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
c)
They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
d)
They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.
23.
The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Columbian Exchange
24.
The Middle Passage was_______________?
a)
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
b)
The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
c)
Trading goods among three people.
d)
The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.
25.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the slave trade on African society?
a)
Increased tribal warfare.
b)
Population decline, leading to a loss of workers.
c)
Families and communities were torn apart.
d)
Brought wealth to ALL African people.
26.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the slave trade on African society?
a)
Increased tribal warfare.
b)
Population decline, leading to a loss of workers.
c)
Families and communities were torn apart.
d)
Brought wealth to ALL African people.
27.
How did the discovery and colonization of the New World lead to international trade?
a)
It strengthened the Feudal system.
b)
Colonies provided raw materials and markets to sell to.
c)
Colonies discouraged international trade.
d)
It strengthened relations with Native Americans.
28.
Mother Country sought to control trade, create favorable balance of trade, and build up supplies of gold and silver bullion. Which statement best defines this term?
a)
Communism
b)
Feudalism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Capitalism
29.
Mother Country sought to control trade, create favorable balance of trade, and build up supplies of gold and silver bullion. Which statement best defines this term?
a)
Communism
b)
Feudalism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Capitalism
30.
A system in which individual buyers and sellers interact in the marketplace to exchange goods and services. This statement best defines which term?
a)
Settlement colonies
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Market Economy
d)
Sphere of influence
31.
Which type of colony depended on slave labor producing cash crops in order to make a profit?
a)
settler
b)
trading post
c)
plantation
32.
Which of the following best describes the concept of capitalism?
a)
An economic system based on individuals making a profit.
b)
An economic system based on equality.
c)
An economic based on government control to make a profit.
d)
An economic system based on isolationism.
33.
Who was responsible for establishing Spain's claims in the New World?
a)
Columbo
b)
Dias
c)
Cabral
d)
Columbus
34.
What technology was most responsible for allowing Europeans to conquer and colonize the New World?
a)
compass
b)
caravel
c)
gunpowder
d)
astrolabe
35.
Which social class emerged in Europe and the colonies due to the rise of capitalism?
a)
The middle class
b)
The upper class
c)
The lower class
d)
The worker class
36.
Which statement best describes the importance of the astrolabe and compass to Europeans?
a)
They allowed Europeans to dominate native peoples.
b)
They allowed Europeans to navigate the open sea.
c)
They allowed Europeans to travel the Silk Road easier.
d)
They allowed Europeans to mine for gold easier.
37.
Which group benefits under the economic theory of mercantilism?
a)
Nations gain wealth
b)
Individuals gain wealth
c)
Businesses gain wealth
d)
colonies gain wealth
38.
Why was there a demand for slaves in the New World?
a)
There weren't enough Europeans to get the work done.
b)
Some colonies needed slave labor to make a profit.
c)
Native Americans resisted enslavement and ran away.
d)
All of these are correct
39.
Why didn't people travel during the Middle Ages?
a)
It wasn't safe to travel.
b)
Europeans didn't know what existed outside their lands.
c)
Little learning prevented people's curiosity of finding new ways of doing things.
d)
All of these options
40.
What is the benefit of the ship in this picture?
a)
It allowed explorers to be able to sail into the wind
b)
It always pointed North
c)
It could travel faster than all other ships
d)
It had more cargo room
41.
What group of people reached the Americas first, even thought they wouldn't stay there??
a)
Spanish
b)
Viking/Norse
c)
French
d)
English
42.
Which of these groups treated Native Americans harshly?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Vikings
43.
What was the primary killer of Natvie Americans during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Diseasese
b)
Foreign plants in their forests
c)
Warfare
d)
Poverty
44.
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
45.
A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Pizarro
46.
(16th-19th centuries) Captured Africans were transported across the Atlantic under horrific conditions to labor in the Americas in mines and plantations.
a)
Favorable balance of trade
b)
Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Vasco de Gaman
47.
An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources,such as money, for profit.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Caravel
c)
Capitalism
d)
Cortes
48.
Territories that are controlled by other countries. The territory is often settled by people from the controlling countries.
a)
Cortes
b)
Caravel
c)
Exploration
d)
Colonies
49.
Segment of the forced journey that captured Africans made from Africa to America throughout the 1600's; it consisted of the dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean; many slaves perished on this segment of the journey.
a)
Caravel
b)
Pizarro
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Middle Passage
50.
Occurs when a country exports/sells more goods to other countries than it imports/buys from other countries
a)
Favorable balance of trade
b)
Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Triangular Trade
51.
He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Cortes
d)
Christopher Columbus
52.
The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Capitalism
d)
Colonization
53.
To travel for the purpose of discovery from 1450-1600
a)
Colonization
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Exploration
54.
How did the West African Empires become rich and powerful?
a)
They did not become rich and powerful
b)
By controlling trade in West Africa
c)
By having the best weapons
d)
By being allies with Russia
55.
Which statement accurately reflects population changes that occurred as a result of the Age of Exploration?
a)
Native American populations decreased due to European diseases.
b)
Goods from the Americas caused a decline in Asian populations.
c)
One Third of Europe's population died due to diseases from the Americas.
d)
Native populations increased due to European exploration
56.
What was the effect of the Colombian Exchange on European society?
a)
Forced migration to the Americas declined.
b)
Native populations in Africa increased.
c)
New good and ideas swapped between continents.
d)
Christianity was divided into Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox.
57.
What was a result of the efforts of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan?
a)
New Mediterranean trade routes were established.
b)
The European view of the physical world changed.
c)
European influence declined throughout the world.
d)
trade declined throughout the world.
58.
Which of the following was a reason why Europeans wanted to explore?
a)
riches
b)
spreading religion
c)
land
d)
all of these
59.
Which of the following was a reason why Europeans wanted to explore?
a)
riches
b)
spreading religion
c)
land
d)
all of these
60.
Africans lost some of their culture and families were split up during this sharing of goods, foods, plants, and people
a)
Exploration
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Capitalism
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
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