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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The three key motivations for European explorers were God, gold, and ______.

a)

Grace

b)

Glory

c)

Greed

d)

Glaciers

2.

A fast ship that could sail against the wind with a large cargo area, and a shallow hull that could navigate shallow water was the ...

a)

clipper

b)

caravel

c)

astrolabe

d)

galleon

3.

Who $ponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the west coast of Africa?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

4.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
5.

European countries were trying to find a faster route to...?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

The North Pole

d)

California

6.

What explorer sailed all the way around the world?

(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)

a)

Balboa

b)

Cabot

c)

Magellan

d)

De Soto

7.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

8.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

9.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

10.

In 1497, who found a water route to Asia by sailing around the tip of Africa and landing in India'?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

11.

In 1534, which French navigator sailed inland along the St. Lawrence River and claimed much of Canada for France?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

12.

Which European country was the early leader in exploration?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Germany

d)

England

13.

Which continent is not part of the Old World?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

14.

Christopher Columbus became famous when he sailed west across which ocean?

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

15.

People, plants or animals that are native to a particular place are ...

a)

foreign

b)

enormous

c)

indigenous

d)

wealthy