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8th Grade Chapter 2 Assessment

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Spanish explorers who received grants from the rulers of Spain.
a)
Pueblo
b)
Conquistador
c)
Encomienda
d)
Astrolabe
2.
Early Europea explorers who came to the New World were looking for a northwest passage in order to.
a)
prove the world was round
b)
improve trade with Native American Indians
c)
explore the Great Lakes
d)
find a shorter route to Asia
3.
Which of the following terms means to sail completely around the world? (L2)
a)
commerce 
b)
excommunicate
c)
circumference 
d)
circumnavigate
4.
What is an astrolabe? 
a)
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
b)
A small, fast ship. 
c)
A tool that shows which direction is North. 
d)
None of the above. 
5.

Which German priest started the Protestant Reformation?

a)

John Cabot

b)

John Calvin

c)

Martin Luther

d)

King Henry VIII

6.

Religious and historical movement in which many groups began to break away from the Catholic church.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Classical

c)

Protestant Reformation

d)

Grand Council

7.

During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Canada

8.

What Portuguese sailor successfully led a voyage around the world?

a)

Balboa

b)

Cortes

c)

Vespucci

d)

Magellan

9.

What made it possible for sailors to travel safer and further than ever before?

a)

Advances in technology

b)

More detailed maps

c)

Improved ship design

d)

All of the above

10.

How did Spanish Conquistadors easily defeat native civilizations?

a)

They formed alliances with other countries in order to defeat them.

b)

The rulers of these civilizations were bribed and betrayed their people.

c)

They had guns, horses and diseases.

d)

They knew all their secrets from spying on them.

11.

Hernan Cortes claimed present day Florida for Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is the name of religious communities in Spanish settlements?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Missions

c)

Peninsulars

d)

Plantations

13.

What was the main goal for the majority of Spanish explorers in the Americas?

a)

To spread Christianity

b)

To find the Northwest Passage

c)

To find the Fountain of Youth

d)

To find fame and fortune

14.

Who is responsible for the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

John Cabot

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Louis Joliet

15.

The Northwest passage is a direct water route to Asia, through America.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

French settlers were only interested in gold and silver in North America

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why did the French and Dutch establish colonies North America?

a)

gold

b)

they wanted new land

c)

they wanted to sell furs

d)

they felt like it

18.

Who did the Native Americans have a better relationship/friendship with?

a)

the English and the Spanish

b)

the French and the Dutch

19.

one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the AD 1000's to the 1200's

a)

crusades

b)

classical

c)

renaissance

d)

technology

20.

a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300's to the 1600's

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

renaissance

d)

technology

21.

the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

renaissance

d)

technology

22.

an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

renaissance

d)

acquired

23.

an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

technology

d)

acquired

24.

Settlers in the new world who paid rent and worked for their lord for a set number of days per year in exchange for land.

a)

missionary

b)

explorer

c)

conquistador

d)

tenant farmer

25.

A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church.

a)

Catholicism

b)

Paganism

c)

Protestantism

d)

Reformation

26.

A town or center of trade in Spanish America are called_____

a)

Missions

b)

Pueblos

c)

Fort

d)

Presidio

27.

Native Americans died by the thousands because they had no _____________ to European diseases.

a)

viruses

b)

vaccinations

c)

knowledge

d)

immunity

28.

Magellan was the first European explorer to sail around, or _______________ the world.

a)

circumnavigate

b)

explore

c)

convert

d)

conquer

29.

Large farms that grew crops for export

a)

armada

b)

dairy farm

c)

presidio

d)

plantation

30.

A direct water route to Asia through the Americas

a)

circumnavigation

b)

northwest passage

c)

presidio

d)

southwest passage

31.

A religious movement that rejected some of the teachings of the Catholic Church and established new churches.

a)

Protestantism

b)

Anti-Catholicism

c)

Age of Exploration

d)

Reformation

32.

a fleet of warships, a navy

a)

presidio

b)

armada

c)

astrolabe

d)

caravel

33.

A Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans

a)

Presidio

b)

Pueblo

c)

Mission

d)

Carrack

34.

A navigation tool that shows the direction in which a person or ship is traveling.

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Quadrant

c)

Caravel

d)

Compass

35.

Spanish explorers

a)

conquistadors

b)

merchants

c)

missionaries

d)

presidios

36.

A fort in Spanish America

a)

presidio

b)

pueblo

c)

mission

d)

plantation

37.
Who made the treaty of Tordesillas?
a)
Portugal and Spain
b)
Spain and the Pope
c)
Portugal and the Pope
d)
Columbus and the Pope
38.
_ controlled the Native Americans for labor.
a)
Monarchs
b)
Explorers
c)
Missionaries
d)
Conquistadors
39.

True or False? The Protestant Reformation was a movement which divided the Catholic church and the people of Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Vasco de Gama led voyages of explorations for Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The Southern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's King John.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage?

a)

the Nina

b)

the Isabella

c)

the Santa Maria

d)

the Pinta

44.

From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400's

a)

The Mediterranean

b)

The Cape of Good Hope

c)

The Orange River

d)

The Gold Coast

45.

Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

46.

Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

47.

What was an essential part of the economies of the Spanish colonies?

a)

Wompom

b)

Preists

c)

enslaved workers

d)

tobacco

48.

Which best describes reformation?

a)

type of government

b)

study of scientific ideas

c)

religious movement

d)

artistic rebirth

49.

What was Ponce de Leon searching for?

a)

food

b)

the fountain of youth

c)

the right girl

d)

the northwest passage

50.

Which French colony was founded on the St. Lawrence river, where estate owners brought in settlers in exchange for land?

a)

New France

b)

Montreal

c)

Marquette

d)

New Amsterdam

51.

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Atahualpa

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Montezuma

52.

Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

a)

Chris Columbus

b)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

53.

Which country's colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America?

a)

Denmark

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Spain

54.

Which empire did Cortes conquer?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Inca

d)

Maya

55.

What was the largest killer of Native Americans?

a)

heat exposure

b)

disease

c)

starvation

d)

rap music

56.

What was the primary reason for all exploration during this time period?

a)

test technology

b)

rule the world

c)

trade routes to Asia

d)

search for UFO's

57.

What did the French establish in the Americas?

a)

fishing and fur trade

b)

gold and silver mines

c)

dance clubs

d)

slave trade

58.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Me

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Jackson Pollack

59.

Whose crew first circumnavigated the world?

a)

Columbus

b)

Balboa

c)

Drake

d)

Magellan

60.

What was the African hub for the Portuguese slave traders?

a)

Mediterranean coast

b)

Cape of Good Hope

c)

Orange river

d)

Gold Coast

61.

After the fall of the Roman Empire which of the following dominated Western Europe

a)

New Roman Empire

b)

Dub Step

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Catholic Church

62.

In what country did Henry the Navigator lay the groundwork for exploration?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

USA

d)

Spain

63.

Three types of settlements for the Spanish include Presidios, Pueblos, and _________

a)

mission burrito

b)

La Raza

c)

Missions

d)

cliff dwellings

64.

This country was the first to find a sea route to Asia.

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

65.

This group of people helped mapmakers to create better maps.

a)

authors

b)

shipbuilders

c)

mapmakers

d)

kings

66.

This religion began to spread in the Middle East and Africa in the early 600s.

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

67.

This was the attempt by the Europeans to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Exploration

d)

Trade

68.

Which explorer was able to conquer the Inca empire?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Da Gama

69.

Which of these explorers sailed for France?

a)

Verzanno

b)

Cabot

c)

Columbus

d)

Cortes

70.

Which of the following explorers explored for France?

a)

Cabot

b)

Cartier

c)

Cortes

d)

Columbus

71.

Which of the following explorers sailed for England?

a)

Verzanno

b)

Cabot

c)

Cartier

d)

Columbus

72.

Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Netherlands

73.

Hernan Cortes sailed for which European country?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

England

74.

Which of the following ships did NOT belong to Christopher Columbus?

a)

Nina

b)

Pinta

c)

Santa Maria

d)

Isabella

75.

Hernán Cortés landed on the east coast of present-day country?

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Bahamas

d)

Belize

76.

England, France, and the Netherlands were hoping to find a _________ passage to Asia.

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

77.

Which European country established presidios, pueblos, and missions?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

78.

A ____ is a person that paid rent and farmed on the land.

a)

tenant farmer

b)

conquistador

c)

explorer

d)

monarch

79.

He founded a Navigational school in Portugal

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Prince Henry the 8th

c)

Prince Philip the Catholic

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

80.

In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue, on the Nina, the Pina and the Santa Maria.

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

81.

Christopher Columbus sailed west looking to reach________.

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

82.

European military expeditions to capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Crusades

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Exploration

83.

Spread sciences and art throughout Europe 14th and 17th Century.

a)

Crusades

b)

Exploration

c)

Renaissance

d)

Reformation

84.

European map makers named America in his honor.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Franciso Pizzaro

85.

Line drawn by Pope splitting the "New World", between Spain and Portugal was

a)

Treaty of Torros

b)

Treaty of Tortillas

c)

Treaty of Tortoise

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas