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Worksheets8th Grade Chapter 2 Assessment
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins
Which German priest started the Protestant Reformation?
John Cabot
John Calvin
Martin Luther
King Henry VIII
Religious and historical movement in which many groups began to break away from the Catholic church.
Renaissance
Classical
Protestant Reformation
Grand Council
During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?
Africa
South America
Asia
Canada
What Portuguese sailor successfully led a voyage around the world?
Balboa
Cortes
Vespucci
Magellan
What made it possible for sailors to travel safer and further than ever before?
Advances in technology
More detailed maps
Improved ship design
All of the above
How did Spanish Conquistadors easily defeat native civilizations?
They formed alliances with other countries in order to defeat them.
The rulers of these civilizations were bribed and betrayed their people.
They had guns, horses and diseases.
They knew all their secrets from spying on them.
Hernan Cortes claimed present day Florida for Spain.
True
False
What is the name of religious communities in Spanish settlements?
Mestizos
Missions
Peninsulars
Plantations
What was the main goal for the majority of Spanish explorers in the Americas?
To spread Christianity
To find the Northwest Passage
To find the Fountain of Youth
To find fame and fortune
Who is responsible for the Protestant Reformation?
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Martin Luther
Louis Joliet
The Northwest passage is a direct water route to Asia, through America.
True
False
French settlers were only interested in gold and silver in North America
True
False
Why did the French and Dutch establish colonies North America?
gold
they wanted new land
they wanted to sell furs
they felt like it
Who did the Native Americans have a better relationship/friendship with?
the English and the Spanish
the French and the Dutch
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
crusades
classical
renaissance
technology
a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300's to the 1600's
compass
astrolabe
renaissance
technology
the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
compass
astrolabe
renaissance
technology
an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars
compass
astrolabe
renaissance
acquired
an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north
compass
astrolabe
technology
acquired
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.
missionary
explorer
conquistador
tenant farmer
A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church.
Catholicism
Paganism
Protestantism
Reformation
A town or center of trade in Spanish America are called_____
Missions
Pueblos
Fort
Presidio
Native Americans died by the thousands because they had no _____________ to European diseases.
viruses
vaccinations
knowledge
immunity
Magellan was the first European explorer to sail around, or _______________ the world.
circumnavigate
explore
convert
conquer
Large farms that grew crops for export
armada
dairy farm
presidio
plantation
A direct water route to Asia through the Americas
circumnavigation
northwest passage
presidio
southwest passage
A religious movement that rejected some of the teachings of the Catholic Church and established new churches.
Protestantism
Anti-Catholicism
Age of Exploration
Reformation
a fleet of warships, a navy
presidio
armada
astrolabe
caravel
A Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans
Presidio
Pueblo
Mission
Carrack
A navigation tool that shows the direction in which a person or ship is traveling.
Astrolabe
Quadrant
Caravel
Compass
Spanish explorers
conquistadors
merchants
missionaries
presidios
A fort in Spanish America
presidio
pueblo
mission
plantation
True or False? The Protestant Reformation was a movement which divided the Catholic church and the people of Europe.
True
False
Vasco de Gama led voyages of explorations for Spain.
True
False
The Southern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's King John.
True
False
Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
True
False
Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage?
the Nina
the Isabella
the Santa Maria
the Pinta
From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400's
The Mediterranean
The Cape of Good Hope
The Orange River
The Gold Coast
Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
What was an essential part of the economies of the Spanish colonies?
Wompom
Preists
enslaved workers
tobacco
Which best describes reformation?
type of government
study of scientific ideas
religious movement
artistic rebirth
What was Ponce de Leon searching for?
food
the fountain of youth
the right girl
the northwest passage
Which French colony was founded on the St. Lawrence river, where estate owners brought in settlers in exchange for land?
New France
Montreal
Marquette
New Amsterdam
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Montezuma
Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?
Chris Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Which country's colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America?
Denmark
England
France
Spain
Which empire did Cortes conquer?
Aztec
Olmec
Inca
Maya
What was the largest killer of Native Americans?
heat exposure
disease
starvation
rap music
What was the primary reason for all exploration during this time period?
test technology
rule the world
trade routes to Asia
search for UFO's
What did the French establish in the Americas?
fishing and fur trade
gold and silver mines
dance clubs
slave trade
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Me
Leonardo Da Vinci
Claude Monet
Jackson Pollack
Whose crew first circumnavigated the world?
Columbus
Balboa
Drake
Magellan
What was the African hub for the Portuguese slave traders?
Mediterranean coast
Cape of Good Hope
Orange river
Gold Coast
After the fall of the Roman Empire which of the following dominated Western Europe
New Roman Empire
Dub Step
The Renaissance
The Catholic Church
In what country did Henry the Navigator lay the groundwork for exploration?
France
Portugal
USA
Spain
Three types of settlements for the Spanish include Presidios, Pueblos, and _________
mission burrito
La Raza
Missions
cliff dwellings
This country was the first to find a sea route to Asia.
Portugal
Spain
England
France
This group of people helped mapmakers to create better maps.
authors
shipbuilders
mapmakers
kings
This religion began to spread in the Middle East and Africa in the early 600s.
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
This was the attempt by the Europeans to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.
Crusades
Renaissance
Exploration
Trade
Which explorer was able to conquer the Inca empire?
Pizarro
Cortes
Columbus
Da Gama
Which of these explorers sailed for France?
Verzanno
Cabot
Columbus
Cortes
Which of the following explorers explored for France?
Cabot
Cartier
Cortes
Columbus
Which of the following explorers sailed for England?
Verzanno
Cabot
Cartier
Columbus
Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?
France
England
Spain
Netherlands
Hernan Cortes sailed for which European country?
France
Portugal
Spain
England
Which of the following ships did NOT belong to Christopher Columbus?
Nina
Pinta
Santa Maria
Isabella
Hernán Cortés landed on the east coast of present-day country?
Mexico
Brazil
Bahamas
Belize
England, France, and the Netherlands were hoping to find a _________ passage to Asia.
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
Which European country established presidios, pueblos, and missions?
Portugal
Spain
England
France
A ____ is a person that paid rent and farmed on the land.
tenant farmer
conquistador
explorer
monarch
He founded a Navigational school in Portugal
Peter the Great
Prince Henry the 8th
Prince Philip the Catholic
Prince Henry the Navigator
In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue, on the Nina, the Pina and the Santa Maria.
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Coronado
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizzaro
Christopher Columbus sailed west looking to reach________.
Asia
Australia
Africa
Europe
European military expeditions to capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims.
Renaissance
Crusades
Middle Ages
Exploration
Spread sciences and art throughout Europe 14th and 17th Century.
Crusades
Exploration
Renaissance
Reformation
European map makers named America in his honor.
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Franciso Pizzaro
Line drawn by Pope splitting the "New World", between Spain and Portugal was
Treaty of Torros
Treaty of Tortillas
Treaty of Tortoise
Treaty of Tordesillas
