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Age of Exploration & Gunpowder Empires

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

a)

Vasco De Gama

b)

John Cabot

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Black Beard

2.

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

3.
What was Ponce De Leon's purpose for exploring? 
a)
To find Christopher Columbus and his crew.
b)
To find the Pacific ocean
c)
To find India and a quicker route to the New World.
d)
To find gold and the Fountain of Youth
4.

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

5.
Europeans began exploring the world because they wanted to:
a)
gain riches from Asia like silk and spices
b)
prove that the world was flat
c)
discover a New World
d)
All of these are true
6.
The motivation to explore for Europeans included:
a)
the desire to spread their religion
b)
the need to move to a new continent
c)
the need to build new and better ships
d)
All of these
7.
This chart represents the: 
a)
Age of Exploration
b)
The European Plan of Attack
c)
 Route of Columbus's First Voyage
d)
Columbian Exchange
8.

Europeans living in the New World who had been born in the Americas (second on hierarchy)

a)

Creoles

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Mestizos

d)

Mulattos

e)

Zambos

9.

Europeans living in the New World who were born in Spain or Portugal (first on hierarchy)

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mulattos

d)

Mestizos

e)

Zambos

10.

Person living in the New World who had European and American Indian mixed parentage (third on hierarchy)

a)

Mestizos

b)

Peninsular

c)

Mulatto

d)

Zambos

e)

Creoles

11.

Person living in the New World who had European and African mixed parentage (fourth on hierarchy)

a)

Mulatto

b)

Peninsular

c)

Creole

d)

Mestizo

e)

Creole

12.
What three regions were involved in the transatlantic slave trade?
a)
America, Antarctica, Australia
b)
Africa, Italy, Cuba
c)
America, Europe, Africa
13.
An instrument that helps sailors find their latitude is a(n):
a)
Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Caravel
d)
Lateen
14.
Why were countries seeking a water route to Asia?
a)
They wanted to communicate with other countries.
b)
They wanted to show off their new navigational skills.
c)
They wanted to find new lands. 
d)
The Silk Road was dangerous and countries wanted a faster route to Asia.
15.
An advance ship preferred by merchants and explorers that was able to carry more cargo and supplies and traveled at a faster rate than ships previously built
a)
Cartographer
b)
Carnival 
c)
Caravel
d)
None of the above
16.
New boundary lines from Pope Alexander VI for Portugal & Spain was called the
a)
Line of Demarcation
b)
Colombian Exchange
c)
Treaty of Tordesillas
d)
Compass
17.
What was signed to prevent war between Portugal & Spain to move the line of Demarcation
a)
Treaty of Tordesillas
b)
Treaty of Navgation
c)
Treaty of Demarcation
d)
Treaty of Exploration
18.

The impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas was that land east of the Line of Demarcation spoke ___________________ and land west of the Line of Demarcation spoke ___________________.

a)

Spanish & Portuguese

b)

Portuguese & Spanish

c)

English & Spanish

d)

Spanish & Dutch

19.

What similarities did the governments of the Ming Dynasty, Spain, and Portugal have?

a)

promoted religious diversity

b)

encouraged democratic reform

c)

emphasized equal rights for women

d)

supported the expansion of overseas trade

20.

In order to supply recruits to serve in its elite Janissary fighting force, the Turks

a)

relied on loyal families to train their second sons to be soldiers.

b)

conscripted Christian children to be trained to serve in this role

c)

imported trained mercenaries and captured elite soldiers

d)

relied on poor Muslim boys to volunteer to train to serve.

21.

All of the following were early gunpowder empires EXCEPT

a)

Safavid Persia

b)

Ottoman Turkey

c)

Mughal India

d)

Tokugawa Japapn

22.
What is the title given to THE leader of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Janissary
b)
Rajput
c)
Sultan
d)
Emperor
23.

The Ottoman and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throughout their empire:

a)

Ships

b)

Telescopes

c)

Gunpowder

d)

Bows and arrows

24.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
a)
Kaaba
b)
Tajj
c)
Hajj
d)
Medina
25.
What is the body of law for Islam?
a)
Talmud
b)
Sawm
c)
Qu'ran
d)
Sharia
26.
What forms the basis of Islamic faith?
a)
Four Noble Truths
b)
Five Pillars
c)
Eightfold path
d)
Three Wise Sayings
27.

What similarity does Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have in common?

a)

They all are monotheistic religions.

b)

They all are originated in Europe.

c)

They are all based on the Ten Commandments.

d)

All of the above

28.

Which of the following is an example of a long-term effect of the Crusades?

a)

Golden Age of Islam

b)

Growth of trade and towns in Western Europe

c)

Control of Jerusalem by Europeans

d)

Fall of the Ming Dynasty

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