WorksheetsExplorers I
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
An adventure story about brave deeds is called...
scurvy
navigation
Renaissance
saga
Managing goods and services for financial reasons is called...
monarch
cartographer
economical
political
Relating to the government is called...
navigation
monarch
political
economical
A sickness from not eating enough fruits and vegetables is called...
Renaissance
scurvy
saga
monarch
An age or period of time with an emphasis on thought, learning, art, and science was called...
Renaissance
cartographer
monarch
navigation
The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship is called...
navigation
monarch
scurvy
saga
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in present-day
Iceland
United States
Canada
Greenland
Who was the first European to land in the Americas
Leif Eriksson
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Marco Polo
Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to the unknown lands?
They didn't have maps
They thought there were sea monsters
Their ships were slow
All of the above
Kings or Queens were called...
Renaissance
saga
political
monarch
A map maker is called a...
Economical
Cartographer
Political
Monarch
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted
vegetables, spices, and fruit
wood, sea shells, and silver
clocks, mirrors, and beads
silk, spices, and gold
Trade between Europe and Asia stopped when the Turks captured
Roanoke
Rome
Damascus
Constantinople
How did this capture encourage exploration?
It opened up the trade routes
They realized they didn't need maps
Since this cut off trade routes, they now wanted to find a western route to Asia
They didn't care to explore the unknown
Who landed in the Americas in 1492 but thought he was in the Indies
Leif Eriksson
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
While sailing to the unknown, why were Columbus's sailors ready for mutiny?
They saw Native Americans
They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first
They were fighting over gold
They didn't think Columbus had a good plan
Where did Columbus first land?
Bahamas
South Carolina
Greenland
Spain
Who found present day Rio de Janeiro
Leif Eriksson
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more exploration?
He funded ships to explore the unknown
He became King of Portugal
He recruited and trained other navigators
He wasn't able to encourage others because he died on his voyage
Why did John Cabot want to explore?
to find the Northwest passage
to find America
to find Natives
to find oceans
Who was John Cabot compared to
Leif Eriksson
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
What did John Cabot find
fur
sea monsters
cod-fishing grounds
Asia
In chronological order, name the explorers by year:
1000
1492
1497
1497
Columbus
Cabot
Eriksson
Vespucci
Vespucci
Columbus
Eriksson
Cabot
Eriksson
Columbus
Vepucci
Cabot
Cabot
Columbus
Eriksson
Vespucci
Select all examples of advances in technology during that time
Ships
Compasses
Maps
Scurvy
