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Age of Exploration STUDY GUIDE

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This helped make long sea voyages possible because it was both fast and large.

a)

compass

b)

caravel

c)

astrolabe

d)

printing press

2.
What would be the best title for the exploration map shown above?
a)
Exploration Route of English Explorers
b)
Exploration Route of French Explorers
c)
Exploration Route of European Explorers
d)
Exploration Route of Spanish Explorers
3.
Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Francisco Coronado
4.
What did the early explorers call the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America?
a)
The New World
b)
Canada
c)
Asia
d)
Central Americal
5.
What is a person that makes maps called?
a)
Oceanographer
b)
Cartographer
c)
Photographer
d)
Telegrapher
6.
Which European nation sponsored Columbus' expedition in 1492?
(King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Portugual
7.
Which of the following was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe?
a)
to find a more direct water route to Asia
b)
to set up colonies
c)
to spread the Catholic religion
d)
to stay home
8.
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
9.

This explorer was looking for a Northwest Passage to India while sailing for England, and he navigated the New England coastline of America.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

John Cabot

10.

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

11.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

12.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

13.

This explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Bartholomew Dias

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco de Gama

14.

A German mapmaker named the New World, "America" because of this famous explorer.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

15.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

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

16.

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

a)

A rhododendron

b)

An Oval

c)

A Square

d)

A Triangle

17.
What is an astrolabe? 
a)
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
b)
A small, fast ship. 
c)
A tool that shows which direction is North. 
d)
None of the above. 
18.

How did new innovations lead to European Exploration?

a)

They allowed Europeans to dominate native peoples.

b)

They allowed Europeans to navigate and travel open seas

c)

They allowed Europeans to travel the Silk Road easier.

d)

They allowed Europeans to mine for gold easier.

19.
What ocean was crossed on the Triangular trade routes?
a)
The Caribbean
b)
The Indian
c)
The Atlantic
d)
The Pacific
20.
What were the three reasons for European exploration?
a)
Game, God, Glory
b)
Glory, Fame, and God
c)
God, Glory, and Gold
d)
Gifts, Greatness, Glory
21.
The crusades were wars between Christians and 
a)
Hindus
b)
Buddhists
c)
Muslims
d)
Catholics
22.

The goal of the Crusades was to reclaim

a)

Jerusalem (the Holy Land)

b)

Palestine

c)

Syria

d)

Persia

23.
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 
24.

The period of great intellectual creativity and discovery is called the

a)

Reformation

b)

Crusades

c)

Rebirth

d)

Renaissance

25.

These were religious expeditions that created trade between Asia and Europe

a)

Renaissance

b)

Reformation

c)

Crusades

d)

Rebirth

26.

This was a religious movement to change some of the Roman Catholic teachings.

a)

Reformation

b)

Renaissance

c)

Rebirth

d)

Crusades

27.

Which early explorer traveled to China and wrote about his journey in a book called Travels?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Hernan Cortes

28.

The French word "Renaissance" means

a)

Rebirth

b)

Regenerate

c)

Renegade

d)

Repurpose

29.

He was sent by Portugal to explore Africa and the Cape of Good Hope

a)

Vespucci

b)

Columbus

c)

Pizarro

d)

Dias

30.

He was the first to realize that the America's were not the Indies.

a)

Hudson

b)

Dias

c)

Columbus

d)

Vespucci

31.

He searched for a passage through the Americas to Asia - for the Dutch.

a)

Dias

b)

Hudson

c)

Vespucci

d)

Pizarro

32.

He set up a school for exploration and navigation in Portugal.

a)

Henry the Navigator

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Henry Hudson

33.

He named the Pacific Ocean and his crew circumnavigated the world.

a)

Magellan

b)

Columbus

c)

Hudson

d)

Dias

34.

He conquered the Inca empire and killed their leader.

a)

Verrazano

b)

Cortes

c)

Pizarro

d)

Vespucci

35.

This Italian explorer led expedition for France.

a)

Columbus

b)

Vespucci

c)

Pizarro

d)

Verrazano

36.

What did England, France, and the Dutch hope to discover in their explorations?

a)

The Seven Cities of Gold

b)

The Fountain of Youth

c)

The Silk Road

d)

The Northwest Passage

37.

When did Magellan sail around the world?

a)

1519

b)

1619

c)

1719

d)

1419

38.

When did Marco Polo return from China?

a)

1292

b)

1912

c)

1600

d)

760

39.

Spanish explorers are known as _________ .

a)

conquestors

b)

conquistadors

c)

congress

d)

convicts

40.

Many Native Americans died because of diseases they contracted from the Europeans.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Spanish religious farming communities were called missions.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Spanish towns in the Americas were called ____________ .

a)

hoods

b)

pueblos

c)

forts

d)

metros

43.

Spanish missions were mostly located in what state?

a)

Alabama

b)

Florida

c)

Mississippi

d)

California

44.
Peninsulares were:
a)
Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies.  Most important in social hierarchy.
b)
Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
c)
Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
d)
Spaniard born in Spain and lived in Spain.
45.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe was dominated by this religion:

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Catholic

d)

Mormon

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