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WorksheetsEarly European Explorers
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 19mins
When did the Age of Exploration occur?
1400s - 1600s
1200s - 1300s
1300s - 1400s
1900s - 2000s
Which characteristic does NOT describe an explorer?
brave
courageous
adventurous
female
Which of the following is NOT a challenge the explorers faced?
bad storms
sickness
lack of food
good music
An illness caused by a lack of vitamins is called
scurvy
COVID-19
flu
bronchitis
Explorers needed to be able to read a
map
menu
book
pamphlet
A tool used to find directions because it always points north is called a
compass
astrolab
Bible
rudder
What continent was primarily involved in exploration?
Europe
Antartica
Asia
Australia
Which of the following is NOT a reason for exploration
better shoes
spices
gold, silver, and gems
trade
Which of the following is NOT reason for exploration?
trade
quicker travel route
more land
fewer taxes
Europeans were able to set up _____ along new waterways that they discovered in the new world.
trading posts
totem poles
transfer stations
bus depots
Which of the following countries was NOT involved in exploration?
Spain
France
The Netherlands
Russia
England
Which country is located at 1?
France
Spain
The Netherlands
England
Which country is located at 2?
France
Spain
The Netherlands
England
Which country is located at 3?
France
Spain
The Netherlands
England
Which country is located at 4?
France
Spain
The Netherlands
England
When did Christopher Columbus set sail?
1492
1482
1451
1432
Which of the following is NOT a result of Columbus' voyage?
people moved to the New World
natives who lived in the Americas were called Indians
exchanged diseases, animals, and plants
found a quicker way to get to Asia
Which explorer found a shorter route across the Atlantic?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What explorer made friends with the native Americans and traded beaver furs for weapons?
Samuel de Champlain
Hernando de Soto
Jacques Cartier
Giovanni da Verrazzano
What explorer found the Mississippi River & covered 4000 miles of land in the southeast United States?
Samuel de Champlain
Hernando de Soto
Jacques Cartier
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Check 4 skills an explorer needed
read a map
write
use a compass
be kind to natives
understand weather
What tool helped explorers know which direction they were facing?
compass
sandglass
artifact
native
An artifact is a kind of ship.
true
false
Europeans were looking for a quick route to Asia.
true
false
Explorers ate salted meat, dried fruit, and dried peas.
true
false
Scurvy is an illness caused by too much sunlight.
true
false
What explorer had a lake named after him?
Samuel de Champlain
Hernando de Soto
Jacques Cartier
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Why were Europeans to looking for a different route to Asia?
The trip by boat around the tip of Africa was long and dangerous.
The trip by foot across Europe into Asia was long and dangerous.
There were too many people in Europe and they wanted more land.
Which effect was caused by Europeans sailing west in search of Asia?
found a new continent
many shipwrecks
found a small island that grew rare spices
Which situation caused the Europeans to want to set up trading posts in the new world?
trading made Europeans rich
trading helped Europeans become friends with the natives
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Age of Exploration?
they wanted a quick water route to Asia
they were looking for a new continent
they wanted spices found in Asia
they wanted to find gold, silver, and gems
Why were spices so important during the 1400s-1600s?
they preserved food
it was a culinary revolution and people were cooking more than ever
people used spices instead of money
Select one positive interaction between Native Americans and Europeans.
Europeans brought diseases to the New World that killed many Native Americans.
Native Americans were taken as slaves.
The Native Americans helped the Europeans learn about the new land.
This explorer set up the colony of Roanoke
Sir Walter Ralight
Champlain
Columbus
Cabot
Established a French colony, explored the MS River & claimed it for France and named it Louisiana
Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle
Christopher Columbus
Frances Ddrake
Hernando de Soto
First person to sail across the globe
Columbus
Magellan
de Soto
Cabot
