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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

2.

To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from

a)

artifacts

b)

books

c)

interviews

d)

videos

3.

Astrolabes measure the

a)

direction the ship was traveling

b)

latitude of the ship

c)

speed of the ship

d)

time of day

4.

Why did explorers plant flags?

a)

to teach Christianity

b)

to help American Indians

c)

to find their way back again

d)

to claim land for their country

5.

What do farmers do with a cash crop?

a)

sell it for money

b)

feed it to animals

c)

eat it as soon as possible

d)

freeze it to store for winter

6.

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

a)

to build wealth

b)

to conquer the Indians

c)

to colonize France

d)

to find potatoes

7.

Which foods came from America?

a)

wheat and rice

b)

apples and pears

c)

lettuce and cabbage

d)

potatoes and squash

8.

Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to the East Indies?

a)

to practice fighting wars

b)

to study a different culture

c)

to send away their prisoners

d)

to get silks and spices

9.

"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

a)

spice traders

b)

shipbuilders

c)

American Indians

d)

European explorers

10.

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

a)

to visit holy sites

b)

to live in poverty

c)

to spread their beliefs

d)

to learn about other faiths

11.

Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them

a)

across the ice of the North Pole

b)

down the entire length of the Mississippi River

c)

through North America to Asia

d)

into the interior where they could find gold

12.

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?

a)

They were forced to work as slaves in the mines.

b)

They got tired of giving European settlers free food.

c)

They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords.

d)

They were exposed for the first time to some kinds of sicknesses.

13.

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

a)

the Seven Cities of Gold

b)

a shortcut to Asia

c)

a site for a mission

d)

the fountain of youth

14.

Hernan Cortes fought against

a)

the Aztecs in Mexico

b)

the Seminoles in Florida

c)

the Incas in South America

d)

the Mayas in Central America

15.

Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

a)

Cartier

b)

Coronado

c)

Cabot

d)

Hudson

16.

Which river did La Salle explore?

a)

Colorado

b)

Hudson

c)

Mississippi

d)

Rio Grande

17.

On his first voyage in 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up a river now named

a)

the Mississippi River

b)

the Henry River

c)

the Hudson River

d)

the Rio Grande

18.

A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain was called a

a)

conquistador

b)

colony

c)

pilgrim

d)

pioneer

19.

What was the first European settlement in the United States?

a)

Fort Caroline

b)

Cibola

c)

St. Augustine

d)

San Salvador

20.

Columbus and other explorers thought that they had reached Asia, but in time they realized the land was actually

a)

Africa

b)

a new continent

c)

Australia

d)

Spain