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The Age of Exploration Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Beringia connected North America and what other continent?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

2.

The caravel was a new ________ developed during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Navigational tool

b)

Map

c)

Ship

d)

Weapon

3.

Which explorer was killed in the Philippines (seen in red on this map)?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

4.

Which explorer sailed through this strait that is now named for him?

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

5.

Which of these food items went from the Old World to the New World in the Columbian Exchange?

a)

b)

c)

d)

6.

Conquistadors were warriors and explorers that came from which country?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

England

7.

Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Pedro Alvares Cabral were all from what country?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England

8.

Scurvy was a common disease for explorers because they lacked fresh fruits and vegetables which supply which of these vitamins?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southern tip of which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

10.

Christopher Columbus believed he landed in Asia in 1492, but was actually in this tropical paradise?

a)

The Bahamas

b)

Panama

c)

Florida

d)

South America

11.

This European country, pictured in red here, led the way during the Age of Exploration?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

12.

Christopher Columbus sailed for what country (pictured in red here)?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

England

13.

Which explorer made it to the southern tip of Africa before turning around for fear of a mutiny?

a)

Barolomeu Dias

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

14.

Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and queen of

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

England

15.

Which of these was the chief goal of the Age of Exploration?

a)

To discover new lands

b)

To convert native people to Christianity

c)

To find an all water route to Asia

d)

To prove the world was round

16.

Which explorer was the first to realize the Americas were not part of Asia but their own separate continents?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

John Cabot

d)

Francisco Pizarro

17.

Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot, and Verrazzano were all born in the country pictured here?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

England

d)

The Netherlands

18.

Which explorer gets credit for being the first to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

19.

Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing in what direction?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

20.

How many voyages did Columbus make in total? Write the number in the blank space.

(a)  

21.

The conquistadors were motivated by the 3 G's. Which G does not belong?

a)

Gems

b)

Gold

c)

Glory

d)

God

22.

Cattle came from the

a)

New World

b)

Old World

23.

Most diseases, like smallpox, originated in the

a)

New World

b)

Old World

24.

Horses came from the

a)

New World

b)

Old World

25.

Turkeys came from the

a)

New World

b)

Old World

26.

Coffee beans came from the

a)

New World

b)

Old World

27.

Which Native American empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer? It was located in the mountains of Peru.

a)

The Aztec

b)

The Inca

28.

Which explorer followed this route in hopes of finding a Northwest Passage to Asia?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

29.

Which explorer disappeared in the body of water outlined in black here in a mutiny? He was looking for the Northwest Passage.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

John Cabot

d)

Henry Hudson

30.

Which explorer found an all water route to Asia?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

31.

This explorer was born in Italy but sailed for England. He claimed land in North America for England.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Vasco da Gama

32.

Which explorer followed this route and accidentally discovered Brazil?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

33.

Historians believe the first Americans came from

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Outer Space

34.

A war between Spain and the Moors was called the

a)

Viceroy

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Crusades

d)

Reconquista

35.

Hernan Cortes conquered the

a)

Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Taino

d)

Mayans

36.

Which term means to sail around the world?

a)

Caravel

b)

Mutiny

c)

Circumnavigate

d)

Viceroy

37.

The leading cause of death for sailors during the Age of Exploration was

a)

Scurvy

b)

Mutiny

c)

Cannibalism

d)

Drowning

38.

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.

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

39.

Samuel de Champlain founded

a)

Brazil

b)

Newfoundland

c)

Quebec

d)

Mexico

40.

Which of these explorers named the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

41.

The overland route between Europe and Asia was known as the (a)   Road.

42.

The study of ancient peoples is called

a)

Archaeology

b)

Migration

c)

Convert

d)

Culture

43.

America is named after which explorer?

a)

Columbus

b)

Hudson

c)

Pizarro

d)

Vespucci

44.

Explorers searched for this passage that they hoped would take them through North America and on to Asia?

a)

The Panama Canal

b)

The Strait of Magellan

c)

The Northwest Passage

d)

The Cape of Good Hope

45.

Which of these people was NOT a conquistador?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Vasco da Gama

46.

How would you rate your interest in this unit from 1-5 (1 is not interested at all and 5 is extremely interested)?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

47.

Which of these assignments did you enjoy most in this unit?

a)

The Columbian Exchange activity with the envelopes

b)

The scurvy podcast

c)

The Google Slides project

d)

Watching the America Before Columbus video

48.

Which class have you found the most difficult so far?

a)

Social Studies

b)

English

c)

Math

d)

Science

49.

Which class have you found to be the easiest so far?

a)

Math

b)

Science

c)

English

d)

Social Studies

50.

What has been your favorite way to learn material in this class so far?

a)

Doing the notes

b)

Listening to Mr. Anderson lecture

c)

The project

d)

The review games / bonus opportunities