WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why did European merchants want to locate a new sea route to Asia? Select all that apply.
It would be more direct and thereby reduce costs.
traders would not have to travel overland through the Middle East
It would provide more jobs for sailors.
They would be able to get goods they were unable to obtain any other way.
What information did the astrolabe provide for explorers?
their current speed
their current latitude
how many miles they had traveled
the direction in which they were traveling
How did European mapmakers create more accurate maps during the Renaissance? Select all that apply.
They now understood the size and location of North America.
They were able to study ancient Greek and medieval Arabian maps.
They were able to use printing presses to reproduce their maps.
They learned for the first time that the world was round.
Where did Columbus land on his first voyage?
on an island in the Caribbean Sea
in what is now the Carolinas
off the coast of Newfoundland
in the northwestern part of South America
How did Prince Henry of Portugal encourage Europeans to explore the world?
He paid for many voyages of exploration.
He developed a new type of compass.
He led an expedition to South America.
He designed a new faster sailing ship.
The expedition of which explorer was the first to circumnavigate, or travel completely around, the world.
Cortes
Champlain
Joliet
Magellan
The country of ____________ led the way in the 1400s in exploring new trade routes to Asia.
Portugal
France
England
Spain
Columbus believed that he had been exploring the coast of ____________ instead of the Americas.
Asia
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
The Treaty of Tordesillas, which was signed in 1494, divided ___________________ between Spain and Portugal.
South America
Asia
Europe
Australia
What was the name of the Englishman who explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in search of a waterway to Asia in 1497?
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Chirstopher Columbus
Giovanni da Verrazano
The rise of stronger kingdoms in Europe encouraged worldwide exploration.
True
False
Who was the first European sailor to sail to Asia?
Bartolomeu Dias
Prince Henry of Protugal
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan intended to sail around ______ and find another route to Asia.
Africa
India
South America
North America
France and England did not establish colonies until the early 1600s because of religious conflicts and ______ in their own countries.
civil wars
deadly disease
weak navies
foreign invaders
