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Europe Travels East

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which European countries were competing to control spice trade?

a)

United States, France, and England

b)

Spain, France, Portugal and England

c)

Mexico, England, and France

d)

Mexico, United States, and Canada

2.

A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Diet of Worms

c)

Peace of Augsburg

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas

3.

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Emperor Hongwu

4.

A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa, Cape of Good Hope, to the Indian Ocean, and to India.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

5.

He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Leif Erikson

c)

Cortes

d)

Christopher Columbus

6.

A small easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations.

a)

Flag

b)

Compass

c)

Astralabe

d)

Caravel

7.

Portugal was going to travel _____ around Africa to get to Asia.

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

8.

Which Portuguese sailor sailed around the southern tip of Africa, explored the SouthEast, then went back to Portugal?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Christopher Columbus

9.

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbu's voyage to America?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

10.
Created a school for exploration, sailing and map reading
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Christopher Colombus
c)
Leif Eriksson
d)
Vasco de Gama
11.

Portugal won the race to Asia when this sailor finally reached the India by going around the Southern tip of Africa.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Christopher Colombus

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

Vasco de Gama

12.
This Norwegian Viking was first to reach in North America.
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Christopher Colombus
c)
Leif Eriksson
d)
Vasco de Gama
13.
A device used in early navigation to chart the position of stars
a)
Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Caravels
d)
Magnets
14.
The Cape of Good Hope is the most southern tip of which continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
India
15.

New boundary lines from Pope Alexander VI for Portugal & Spain was called the

a)

Line of Demarcation

b)

Colombian Exchange

c)

Treaty of Torde

d)

Alexander Line of 1333

16.
Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 
a)
Asia
b)
America
c)
Antartica
d)
Australia
17.
Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
18.

Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

England

19.

The first Europeans to challenge the Portuguese control of Asia trade were the

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Dutch

d)

Cuban

20.

Which European explorer travelled the Silk Route?

a)

Ferdinand von Richthofen

b)

Herodotus

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Vasco Da Gama