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Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History Video

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Was Portugal rich or poor in the 1500 century?

a)

Rich

b)

Poor

2.

What did Prince Henry the navigator do for Portugal according the video? (Select all that apply)

a)

Funded and encouraged exploration.

b)

Funded the study of navigation.

c)

Funded the study of new tools in navigation.

d)

Funded the study of disease and created hospitals in Portugal.

3.

What did the Portuguese hope to become by traveling to Africa?

a)

Rich

b)

Poor

4.

What were some of the items that the Portuguese became accustomed to after their travels to India. (Select all that apply)

a)

Tea

b)

colorful washable cottons

c)

Finely crafted porcelain.

d)

spices

5.

What was the Portuguese Empire know as?

a)

An expedition empire.

b)

A trading empire with small and agile ships.

c)

A trading empire.

d)

A colonizing Empire.

6.

What was the Spanish Empire know as?

a)

A trading empire.

b)

A poor empire.

c)

An colonizing empire.

d)

None of the above

7.

What was the Spanish Colonizers main purpose?

a)

To control the land itself and the people who lived there.

b)

To find a new source of tea and spices.

c)

To learn about the world.

d)

To show the world to its citizens.

8.

Columbus was a map maker who wanted to explore the world. Who did he get to find his expositions?

a)

Portugal

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

9.

What was King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella's motto?

a)

Live, love and die for your country.

b)

Gold, God and Glory.

c)

Fight and Survive

d)

None of the above.

10.

How was much of the wealth of the colonizers like Christopher Columbus and the Spanish monarchy, obtained?

a)

Hard work.

b)

Help from the community and its citizens.

c)

Government support.

d)

By claiming people as a form of human property, slavery.

11.

What perspective did the Indigenous people have of colonization? (Select all that apply)

a)

Loss of land for use.

b)

Loss of long held religious beliefs.

c)

Loss of Community assets.

d)

None of the above.

12.

From the perspective of the colonizer colonization meant?

a)

Poverty

b)

Getting rich

c)

Exposure to disease

d)

Missing home.

13.

The voyage to the Americas(Aztec and Myan Lands) opened the world up to? (Select all that apply)

a)

transportation

b)

exchange of goods

c)

global slavery

d)

pandemics

14.

What year did Hernan Cortes go to Mexico?

a)

1600

b)

1203

c)

1519

d)

1890

15.

Where was the center of the Aztec Empire located?

a)

China.

b)

Tenochtitlan.

c)

India

d)

Europe.

16.

When Cortes arrive in Tenochtitlan who did he discover was the Aztec ruler/king?

a)

Henry the Navigator

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Queen Isabella

17.

What were two things that Spanish colonizers had on their side when the invaded the Americas?

a)

Weaponry and sailing prowess

b)

Maps of the area and knowledge of the language.

c)

Bows and arrows.

d)

Proper clothing and weapons.

18.

What finally allowed sailors to chart longitudinal information?

a)

The invention of clocks.

b)

The invention of the Chronometer.

c)

The invention of the telescope.

d)

The invention of the printing press.

19.

What ended up being the single most significant thing that affected the Aztec culture as a result of contact with the Spanish?

a)

Maps

b)

Weather conditions

c)

Exposure to disease

d)

Clothing styles

20.

What happened in Potosi in 1545 that made the Spanish very rich?

a)

The discovery of a large silver deposit.

b)

The discovery of new sailing methods.

c)

The discovery of Indigenous people.

d)

New land to build settlements.