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Exploration Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Coronado

c)

Cortes

d)

Balboa

2.

Which word means the science of making maps and globes?

a)

Cartography

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Circumnavigate

3.

What ship was a favorite among explorers because of its triangular sails and shallow draft?

a)

Schooner

b)

Caravel

c)

Galleon

d)

Yacht

4.

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Magellan

b)

De Soto

c)

Balboa

d)

De Leon

5.

What is wrong with this person?

a)

Scurvy

b)

Typhoid Fever

c)

Plague

d)

Smallpox

6.

What people were sold and enslaved in the Americas due to a labor shortage?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Spanish

c)

Asians

d)

Africans

7.

This man's exploration of the Pacific coast led to the first European settlement in California.

a)

Balboa

b)

Cabrillo

c)

Coronado

d)

De Leon

8.

What was Coronado looking for when he stumbled upon the Grand Canyon?

a)

Fountain of Youth

b)

Aztec Empire

c)

Inca Empire

d)

Cibola - the city of gold

9.

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Cortes

b)

Pizarro

c)

Verrazzano

d)

Cartier

10.

Native Americans lacked _______ to European diseases.

a)

Antibiotics

b)

Immunity

c)

Vaccinations

d)

Insurance

11.

What word means to sail completely around the world?

a)

Colonization

b)

Capitalism

c)

Cartography

d)

Circumnavigate

12.

The exchange of people, living things, and ideas between the Easter and Western hemispheres.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Treaty of Tordesilla

13.

Most European explorers wanted to spread what religion to the rest of the world?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

14.

What was NOT used to calculate latitude with an astrolabe?

a)

Sun

b)

Speed

c)

Pole Star

d)

Horizon

15.

What country led the way in sailing innovations?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

France

16.

This man looked for the Fountain of Youth and died from a poison arrow.

a)

De Leon

b)

De Soto

c)

Magellan

d)

Columbus

17.

This man died believing that he had reached India when, in fact, he landed in the Americas.

a)

Cabrillo

b)

Coronado

c)

Cortes

d)

Columbus

18.

Sir Francis Drake was a __________ for Queen Elizabeth of England.

a)

Buccaneer

b)

Corsair

c)

Privateer

d)

Escudero

19.

After this pirate was beheaded, his head was flown on the mast of the victor's ship.

a)

Henry Morgan

b)

Anne Bonny

c)

Captain Kidd

d)

Edward Teach

20.

A salty diet and lack of fresh water caused ________ in sailors.

a)

Dehydration

b)

Hallucinations

c)

Starvation

d)

Death

21.

An economic policy that promotes building a nation's strength by expanding its trade.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Colonization

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Socialism

22.

An economic system in which people invest capital (money) with the hopes of making a profit.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

23.

The process of taking over territory, creating a new government, and settling towns.

a)

Colonization

b)

Circumnavigation

c)

Capitalism

d)

Mercantilism

24.

What was the MAIN reason for exploration?

a)

New trade routes

b)

Glory for countries and explorers

c)

Converting people to Christianity

d)

New sources of wealth

25.

Which is true of the Treaty of Tordesilla?

a)

Spain got parts of Brazil while Portugal got the Americas.

b)

Spain got the Americas while Portugal got parts of Brazil.

c)

Spain got everything east of the line while Portugal got everything west of the line.

d)

Spain and Portugal split all the land equally.

26.

The British East India Company could mint money, raise an army, and make treaties.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Cartier claimed part of Canada for...

a)

Britain.

b)

France.

c)

Portugal.

d)

Spain.

28.

Magellan circumnavigated the world.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

Who explored the Mississippi River and joined Pizarro's conquest of the Inca?

a)

De Soto

b)

De Leon

c)

Carbillo

d)

Coronado

30.

A pirate who operates in the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Corsair

b)

Buccaneer

c)

Privateer

d)

Schooner

31.

What did John Locke consider the government's most important duty?

a)

Force all citizens to practice one religion.

b)

Expand the nation's borders.

c)

Avoid war and promote world peace.

d)

Protect the natural rights of citizens.

32.

Adam Smith's idea, "Laissez-Faire," is most closely associated with...

a)

an increase in government involvement in the economy.

b)

a decrease in government involvement in the economy.

c)

No change in government involvement in the economy.

d)

None of the answers are correct.

33.

The purpose of government and the best type of government were questions asked during the...

a)

Renaissance

b)

Reformation

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Enlightenment

34.

Which enlightened thinker believed in religious tolerance?

a)

Volatire

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

35.

Which enlightened thinker believed that women were equal to men?

a)

Volatire

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

36.

Which country was NOT part of the Big Five European exploration nations?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Britian

d)

Italy