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Worksheets7R Unit 2 Test Review
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 29mins
What is an astrolabe?
An instrument used to help explorers find their location at sea
An accurate map
An instrument used to help explorers identify their direction
A ship with triangular and rectangular sails
What are Dias and Da Gama most known for?
Circumnavigating the globe
Defeating the Aztecs
Finding a sea route to India by sailing around Africa
Defeating the Incas
Who were the King and Queen of Spain that hired Columbus?
King John and Queen Isabella
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
King John and Queen Elizabeth
King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth
What was the Columbian Exchange?
A trade route connecting Asia to Australia
A global trade route created after the discoveries of Columbus
A myth created by explorers
A name given to Columbus by his crew
What was one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Trading difficulties in Asia
Decline in population due to disease
Spread of Hinduism to Japan
Introduction of new foods to Europe and the Americas
What was one negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Introduction of diseases to natives led to a decline in population
Introduction of new foods to Europe and the Americas
Introduction of new technologies to Europe and the Americas
Conflicts between Native American tribes ended
Which of the following was NOT a part of the 3 G's?
God
Goods
Gold
Glory
Who was the Spanish priest who was against the Spanish treatment of Native Americans?
Bartholomeu de Las Casas
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Francisco Pizarro
What was the Middle Passage?
The route explorers searched for in North America
The journey taken by Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
The journey taken by Native Americans to the Caribbean
The road followed by all Spanish explorers in the New World
What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?
Sailing around the tip of Africa
Discovering the Americas
Discovering the Northwest Passage
Sailing completely around the world
Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas but NOT set up a settlement?
Vikings
English
Spanish
French
What was Ponce de Leon searching for?
Gold
A Fountain of Youth
The Northwest Passage
Trade route to South America
The Spanish treated the Native Americans with dignity and respect.
True
False
How did settlers in New France make a living?
Mining for gold
Hunting buffalo
Fishing and fur trapping
Trading jewelry
Who was the strict, unpopular Dutch governor?
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Minuit
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Which group was at the TOP of the social class system in New Spain?
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos/Mulattos
Native Americans/Africans
Which group was at the BOTTOM of the social class system in New Spain?
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos/Mulattos
Native Americans/Africans
What was the Northwest Passage?
A river valley in North America
A region in North America known to have gold
A route that took explorers from North America to South America
A shorter route to Asia through North America
What was the Dutch colony of New Netherland eventually renamed?
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New Holland
New York
What system did the Dutch use to create land settlements?
Encomienda System
Trading System
Land Grant System
Patroon System
Which of the following was NOT a reason why the Spanish were able to easily defeat the natives?
Superior weapons
Diseases
Partnering with the French
Alliances with enemy tribes
What did the encomienda system allow Spanish settlers to demand from the natives?
Fish and corn
Gold and houses
Taxes and labor
Jewelry and horses
What did the death of many Native Americans lead to?
Importation of Africans
Importation of slaves from Asia
Spanish settlers began to return to Europe
The Spanish king sent over his own personal slaves
What was the relationship between the French and the Native Americans like?
Brutal
Friendly and cooperative
Violent
They had no contact
How did the Dutch settlers make a living?
Mining for gold
Trading furs with the Iroquois
Trading jewels with the Native Americans
Fishing
What did the Dutch and the French fight over?
The fur trade
Fishing locations
Native American allies
Gold mining locations
What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?
Spain
England
Italy
Portugal
What is tool is shown above?
Caravel
Astrolabe
Cartographer
Compass
The diagram represents the social class system in
New France
New Spain
New Netherland
The English colonies
Which of these groups treated Native Americans harshly (badly)?
Spanish
French
Vikings
What is the historical significance of the beaver during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans suffered as they lost the beaver as a source of food
French explorers traded heavily with Native Americans for beaver hides to make money
Spaniards killed off much of the beaver population for damaging buildings around their colonies
Beavers were brought over to the New World where they took over local waterways
What is the name of the tool that allowed explorers to determine their location using the sun and the stars?
Astrolabe
Magnetic compass
Caravel
navigator's level
What was the primary killer of Native Americans during the Age of Exploration?
Diseases
Foreign plants in their forests
Warfare
Poverty
What is the significance of the Columbian Exchange?
It brought many new ways of life to the Old and New Worlds
The plants brought to the Old World didn't survive there
Many Native Americans would move to Europe for a better way of life
Native Americans became very wealthy off the trade with Europeans
Which "G" of Exploration is described below?
"Explorers wanted to spread Christianity to the 'New World.' "
God
Glory
Gold
Which explorer believed he could find a safer and faster route to India and Asia by sailing west?
Columbus
Caveza de Vaca
Cortez
Coronado
What did the term "New World" refer to?
the name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas
an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars
a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale
a person who travels in search of new geographical information
What was the primary reason that European explorers wanted to explore new land?
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire spices.
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.
The Middle Passage was_______________?
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
Trading goods among three people.
The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.
Which of the following terms describes territories that are controlled by other countries? The territory is often settled by people from the controlling countries.
Cortes
Caravel
Exploration
Colonies
Which terms refers to the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas?
Columbian Exchange
Middle Passage
Capitalism
Colonization
Which of the following is the time period during which Europeans explored the world beginning in 1400's?
Renaissance
Reformation
Middle Ages
Age of Exploration
Which choice below is NOT a reason the Spain explored the New World?
Oil
Gold
God
Glory
Which "G" of Exploration is described below?
"Countries in the 'Old World' were coming to the 'New World' for Wealth and Economic Gain"
God
Glory
Gold
What does it mean to circumnavigate?
To sail completely around something
To discover a new place
To travel the world
To draw a circle
Who was credited with discovering the Americas? He led four trips across the Atlantic Ocean landing in the Caribbean and South America.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Henry Hudson
What religion did Europeans wish to spread around the world beginning in the 1400s?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Why did Europeans have such a strong desire for spices?
They were used to dye their clothing
They helped them to keep away unwanted spirits
They were used to preserve their food
They helped them to lure animals from the forest
Who was a cartographer?
Mapmaker
Candlestick maker
Ship maker
Blacksmith
Who was a famous Viking who was truly the first to discover North America?
Christopher Columbus
Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Leif Ericsson
Who was a Spanish conquistador who sailed to Mexico and took over the Aztec empire?
Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Who was an explorer who led an expedition that sailed completely around the world?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Who was a French explorer who named Canada and tried to create a settlement on the St. Lawrence River?
Giovanni da Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Who was an explorer who explored the Northeast coast of North America from Maine to North Carolina and has a bridge in New York named after him?
Giovanni da Verrazano
Leif Ericsson
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Who was an explorer who sailed along the Canadian coastline and claimed Canada for England?
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Leif Ericsson
Ponce de Leon
Who was an explorer who sailed into New York Harbor and had three bodies of water named after him? His discoveries also led to many Dutch settlers coming to New York.
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was an explorer who was responsible for conquering the Incan empire and helped to discover the Pacific Ocean?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Which area was known as the "Old World" during the Age of Exploration?
Asia
The Americas
Africa
Europe
