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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.
a)
Grace
b)
Glory
c)
Greed
d)
Glaciers
2.

The major trade route that stretches from east Asia to Europe is called what?

a)

Spice Road

b)

Cold Road

c)

Silk Road

d)

Gold Road

3.
Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Queen Isabella
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan 
4.
What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?
a)
sponsored his exploration
b)
married him
c)
made him royalty
5.
How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?
a)
He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
b)
He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
c)
He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
d)
Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage
6.

This Explorer was the first to establish an Indian trade route by sailing south around the Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernan Cortez

7.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

8.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

9.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
10.
European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
The north pole
d)
California
11.

Which of the following is not a reason why Europeans began to explore the world?

a)

to convert people to Christianity

b)

to learn about new lands and people

c)

to obtain spices from Asia

d)

to develop new technologies

12.

Which of the following best characterizes what it was like to sail the open seas in the 1400s?

a)

calm and safe

b)

strange and perplexing

c)

boring and slow

d)

dangerous and scary

13.

What does it mean to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

to sail from one continent to another

b)

to sail all the way around the world

c)

to sail from one hemisphere to another

d)

to sail to an unexplored part of the world

14.

Which religion did European missionaries attempt to spread to the New World?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

15.

What is considered the "New World?"

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

The Americas

d)

Africa

16.

The king of this country turned Christopher Columbus down when he asked for money.

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

17.

Which was an immediate impact of the European ‘Age of Exploration’?

a)

Britain controlled the western part of Africa.

b)

For a short time, the Aztec Empire ruled the world.

c)

Islamic culture spread throughout Asia and North America.

d)

European economic, political, and social influence spread throughout the Americas

18.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

19.

Vasco Da Gama was...

a)

First Portuguese explorer to make it to India

b)

Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians

c)

Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world

d)

First European to make it to North America

20.
Where did Columbus first take foot in the New World?
a)
Florida
b)
Virginia 
c)
Bahamas 
d)
New York