Worksheets15th Century Mariners
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
What religion did Zheng He practice?
Buddhism
Catholicism
Muslim
Hinduism
How many ships were in Zheng He's armada?
200
300
400
500
How many crew members did Zheng He command?
27,000
30,000
33,000
36,000
Why was Zheng He not considered to be an explorer?
He did not know how to navigate.
The Indian trade routes were already known to him.
He only traded in and around the South China Sea.
He only funded the maritime expeditions.
What was the name of the debasing ritual that the Chinese engaged in as part of the tribute system?
Cartaz
Extortion
Dead Reckoning
Kowtow
What were some of the exotic things that Zheng He brought back with him to China?
Animals
Wok
Compass
Chopsticks
Which dynasty built the Great Wall?
Qing
Tang
Ming
Xia
What two things did Henry the Navigator commission sailors to search for?
A path to the new lands in the Americas.
A path to the Indian Ocean for the spice trade.
To see if Earth was flat or round.
Find the kingdom of Prester John.
What were the 2 things that Vasco da Gama said that he was looking for once he reached India's west coast?
Gold
Spices
Tea
Christians
What did the Portuguese have to rely on since they didn't have enough people or boats to run the Indian Ocean trade?
Bribary
Brutal tactics
Extortion
Theft
What was the name of the permit that the Portuguese would force merchant ships to purchase in order to trade?
Kowtow
Cartaz
Reckoning
Pass
Whose geography did Columbus use to navigate?
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Claudius Ptolemy
Why did Columbus call the people that he encountered "Indians?"
He thought he had made it to the West Indies.
He thought that they resembled tribes in Africa.
He was by the indigenous people that was what they were to be called.
He heard prior explorers call them by that name.
What is it called when you figure out your position based on three pieces of information: direction, speed, and time?
Kowtow
Newtons first law
Dead reckoning
Cartaz
What was the name of the line the Pope Alexander VI used to settle the dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish in 1494?
The International Date Line
The Line of Demarcation
The Equator
The Divisional Line
