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WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Beringia connected North America and what other continent?
South America
Asia
Europe
Africa
The caravel was a new ________ developed during the Age of Exploration?
Navigational tool
Map
Ship
Weapon
Which explorer was killed in the Philippines (seen in red on this map)?
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Ferdinand Magellan
Which explorer sailed through this strait that is now named for him?
Henry Hudson
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Which of these food items went from the Old World to the New World in the Columbian Exchange?
Conquistadors were warriors and explorers that came from which country?
Portugal
France
Spain
England
Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Pedro Alvares Cabral were all from what country?
Portugal
Spain
France
England
Scurvy was a common disease for explorers because they lacked fresh fruits and vegetables which supply which of these vitamins?
The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southern tip of which continent?
Europe
South America
Asia
Africa
Christopher Columbus believed he landed in Asia in 1492, but was actually in this tropical paradise?
The Bahamas
Panama
Florida
South America
This European country, pictured in red here, led the way during the Age of Exploration?
France
England
Portugal
Spain
Christopher Columbus sailed for what country (pictured in red here)?
Italy
France
Spain
England
Which explorer made it to the southern tip of Africa before turning around for fear of a mutiny?
Barolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Prince Henry the Navigator
Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and queen of
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Which of these was the chief goal of the Age of Exploration?
To discover new lands
To convert native people to Christianity
To find an all water route to Asia
To prove the world was round
Which explorer was the first to realize the Americas were not part of Asia but their own separate continents?
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
John Cabot
Francisco Pizarro
Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot, and Verrazzano were all born in the country pictured here?
Spain
Italy
England
The Netherlands
Which explorer gets credit for being the first to circumnavigate the world?
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan
Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing in what direction?
North
East
South
West
How many voyages did Columbus make in total? Write the number in the blank space.
(a)
The conquistadors were motivated by the 3 G's. Which G does not belong?
Gems
Gold
Glory
God
Cattle came from the
New World
Old World
Most diseases, like smallpox, originated in the
New World
Old World
Horses came from the
New World
Old World
Turkeys came from the
New World
Old World
Coffee beans came from the
New World
Old World
Which Native American empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer? It was located in the mountains of Peru.
The Aztec
The Inca
Which explorer followed this route in hopes of finding a Northwest Passage to Asia?
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Samuel de Champlain
Bartolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
Which explorer disappeared in the body of water outlined in black here in a mutiny? He was looking for the Northwest Passage.
Ferdinand Magellan
Samuel de Champlain
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Which explorer found an all water route to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
This explorer was born in Italy but sailed for England. He claimed land in North America for England.
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco da Gama
Which explorer followed this route and accidentally discovered Brazil?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Historians believe the first Americans came from
Europe
Africa
Asia
Outer Space
A war between Spain and the Moors was called the
Viceroy
Columbian Exchange
Crusades
Reconquista
Hernan Cortes conquered the
Aztecs
Inca
Taino
Mayans
Which term means to sail around the world?
Caravel
Mutiny
Circumnavigate
Viceroy
The leading cause of death for sailors during the Age of Exploration was
Scurvy
Mutiny
Cannibalism
Drowning
He was not a sailor but paid for expeditions to explore the western coast of Africa and started a school for navigators to learn the craft.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Samuel de Champlain founded
Brazil
Newfoundland
Quebec
Mexico
Which of these explorers named the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
The overland route between Europe and Asia was known as the (a) Road.
The study of ancient peoples is called
Archaeology
Migration
Convert
Culture
America is named after which explorer?
Columbus
Hudson
Pizarro
Vespucci
Explorers searched for this passage that they hoped would take them through North America and on to Asia?
The Panama Canal
The Strait of Magellan
The Northwest Passage
The Cape of Good Hope
Which of these people was NOT a conquistador?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco da Gama
How would you rate your interest in this unit from 1-5 (1 is not interested at all and 5 is extremely interested)?
1
2
3
4
5
Which of these assignments did you enjoy most in this unit?
The Columbian Exchange activity with the envelopes
The scurvy podcast
The Google Slides project
Watching the America Before Columbus video
Which class have you found the most difficult so far?
Social Studies
English
Math
Science
Which class have you found to be the easiest so far?
Math
Science
English
Social Studies
What has been your favorite way to learn material in this class so far?
Doing the notes
Listening to Mr. Anderson lecture
The project
The review games / bonus opportunities
