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WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The late 1400's, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas.
Early America
Land Bridge Theory
Age of Exploration
Colonial America
A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures
Engineer
Geographer
Archaeologist
Scientist
An early scientific tool to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars.
Compass
GPS
Microscope
Astrolabe
A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale.
Cash Crop
Three Sisters
Farming
Agriculture
A person who travels in search of new geographical information.
Traveler
Colonial
Native American
Explorer
An independent country whose people mostly share a common identity.
Nation-state
Country
Culture
Country
The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas.
Continent
New World
Country
New Land
The supposed route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found.
Northwest Passage
Land Bridge
Columbus Route
Trail
A community ruled by another country, not by its own people.
State
Country
City
Colony
Juan Ponce de Leon heard stories and began to search for the _______ of ______ whose waters were said to make people young again.
gold and silver
Fountain of Youth
Diamonds and Pearls
Lake of the Young
In 1513, Ponce de Leon claimed land for Spain and named it ________?
Kentucky
Virginia
Florida
California
Nations in Europe wanted to find better _______ _______ to obtain the spices and silks of Asia.
Ships
Trade Routes
Explorers
Ocean waters
Columbus believed that Earth was much smaller than it is and that it had only one ocean. He thought he could reach Asia faster by sailing ________ (which direction) across the Atlantic Ocean?
North
South
East
West
5. On August 3, 1492, Columbus left Spain with his three ships named...
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
The Mayflower, The Columbus, The Explorer
The Explorer, The Nina, The Columbus
The Mayflower, The Santa Maria, The Explorer
6. Today, we call the flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe the _________ _________, in honor of Columbus, the man who started it all.
Columbian Exchange
Trade Route
European Trade
The New Trade
What is Ponce de Leon's personal background?
nobleman
sailor
soldier
merchant
What is Hernan Cortes personal background?
Nobleman
Sailor
soldier
merchant
What is Christopher Columbus's personal background?
nobleman
sailor
soldier
merchant
What is John Cabot's personal background?
Soldier
Sailor
Merchant
Nobleman
What year did Christopher Columbus first set sail to find a new trade route to Asia?
1506
1539
1492
1419
What country sponsored (paid for) John Cabot and he claimed land for this country?
England
Spain
Portugal
Italy
What is the name of the empire Cortés and his army attacked and defeated in 1521 and Cortés claimed their lands for Spain.
Roman Empire
Aztec Empire
Persian Empire
Portuguese Empire
Where did Columbus intend to go when he sailed west from Spain in 1492?
East Indies
Africa
Portugal
Cuba
Why did Montezuma II welcome Hernán Cortés to the Aztec community in 1519?
Montezuma thought Cortés might be a god that was expected to return.
Montezuma's sister had married Cortés about five years earlier.
Cortés brought Montezuma gifts of gold, and Montezuma wanted more.
Montezuma wanted Cortés to help him defeat the French who settled nearby.
How did the Spanish finally defeat the Aztecs?
They enlisted the help of French explorers to defeat the Aztecs in battle.
They poisoned the canals that ran through the Aztec capital.
They dropped bombs on the Aztec capital every day for three weeks.
They surrounded the Aztec capital for three months and cut off its supplies.
