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8th Grade European Exploration and Columbian Echange

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 2hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which European countries were competing to control spice trade?

a)

United States, France, and England

b)

Spain, France, and England

c)

Mexico, England, and France

d)

Mexico, United States, and Canada

2.

The process of creating new settlements or places is called -

a)

Expedition

b)

Exploration

c)

Colonization

d)

Immigration

3.

Which area was explored and colonized by Spain?

a)

Yellow area

b)

Pink area

c)

Orange area

d)

Gray area

4.

Which economic reason led to French exploration of North America?

a)

Find gold and riches

b)

Fur trade

c)

Enslave the Indians

d)

Convert the Native Americans

5.
Portugal won the race to Asia when this sailor reached the Indian port of Calicut.
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Christopher Colombus
c)
Leif Eriksson
d)
Vasco de Gama
6.
To sail completely around the world 
a)
Navigate
b)
Compass
c)
Direction
d)
Circumnavigate
7.
Ferdinand and Isabella paid for his voyage to the "new world"
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Leif Eriksson
d)
Vasco de Gama
8.
The trades of goods, people and diseases across the atlantic ocean s called 
a)
Columbia Exchange
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Transatlantic Trade
9.

Gold, God, and Glory ....

a)

Reasons to explore North America

b)

Reasons to explore route to Asia

c)

Effects of slavery on Native Americans

d)

Effects of European exploration

10.

What was the effect of Columbus arriving to America?

a)

People confirmed the world was round.

b)

Influenced exploration by other European countries

c)

Influenced the slave trade from Africa

d)

Increased the price of spices

11.

Word connected to traveling by boat -

a)

Colonization

b)

Navigate

c)

Subsistence

d)

Mercantilism

12.

Word connected to looking for or searching -

a)

Sponsoring

b)

Navigating

c)

Colonizing

d)

Exploring

13.
The trades of goods, people and diseases across the atlantic ocean s called 
a)
Columbia Exchange
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Transatlantic Trade
14.
Why did Europeans want to explore?
a)
Hunting for riches
b)
Spread their religion
c)
Spices and silks from Asia
d)
All of the above
15.
Who went in search of the Fountain of Youth?
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus