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Ch 3 lesson 1-2 review for test (explorers)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A tool used to find latitude by using the stars

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

chronometer

d)

map

2.

First European people known to have reached the continent of N. America?

a)

Taino tribe

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Vikings

d)

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

3.

Who was the leader of the Vikings?

a)

Columbus

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Vespucci

4.

Which explorer sailed west to end up in this area thinking that he was in the Indies?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Columbus

c)

Vespucci

d)

Balboa

e)

Magellan

5.

Portuguese leader who started a navigational school?

a)

Joe Biden

b)

King Henry VII

c)

Prince Henry

d)

King Ferdinand

6.

"I forever changed how the world was seen by adding the scrawny Americas to the world map in 1509"

a)

Martin Waldseemuller

b)

Columbus

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Cabot

7.

Check both: __________ was an Italian explorer who sailed for England and landed in present-day New Foundland, _________, but told people he had reached the Indies

a)

Vespucci

b)

Cabot

c)

Canada

d)

Magellan

e)

England

8.

Check both: __________ was an __________ explorer who figured out the Columbus had NOT reached Asia, but a new continent

a)

Cabot

b)

Columbus

c)

Vespucci

d)

Italian

e)

Portuguese

9.

Body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa

a)

Arctic

b)

Atlantic

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Pacific

e)

Mississippi River

10.

Check both: _____________ was a(n) _______________explorer who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west, where he was killed in one of Asia's off-shore islands

a)

Italian

b)

Portuguese

c)

Spanish

d)

Balboa

e)

Magellan

11.

Check both: ______________was an Italian explorer who wanted to find a fast westward route to _____________, but landed in San Salvador

a)

Columbus

b)

Spanish

c)

America

d)

Asia

e)

Marco Polo

12.

A tool used to find direction and LONGITUDE

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

chronometer

d)

telescope

13.

European whose descriptions of China’s riches made traders want to go there

a)

Columbus

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Balboa

d)

Marco Polo

14.

Which tribe of people did Columbus come in contact with?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Algonquain

c)

Taino

d)

Maya

15.

An agreement made between 2 countries

a)

isthmus

b)

treaty

c)

contract

d)

caravel

16.

The reason King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella refused to sponser Christopher Columbus and his travels at first

a)

They didn't like him

b)

they were very ill

c)

The Reconquista

d)

The Renaissance

e)

they only had 2 ships instead of 3

17.

The Renaissance time period literally means _____________ of art, science, and technology in Europe.

a)

getting rid

b)

before Christ's birth

c)

a decade

d)

re-birth

18.

The science of planning and following a route

a)

expedition

b)

empire

c)

entrepreneur

d)

navigation

19.

A narrow strip of land that connects 2 large areas of land

a)

isthmus

b)

scurvy

c)

empire

d)

inlet

20.

Check the 2 items that were NOT riches that explorers wanted from Asia.

a)

gun powder

b)

tobacco

c)

silk

d)

spices

e)

maps

21.

Check both (2) reasons Europeans needed to find a new route to Asia?

a)

too long

b)

too dangerous

c)

too expensive

d)

couldn't find it

22.

What does Pacific mean?

a)

re-birth

b)

peacful

c)

dangerous

d)

deep

e)

Indies

23.

The attempt to make all of Spain Catholic was called ____________

a)

Reconquista

b)

Renaissance

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

entrepreneur

24.

The Treaty of Tordesillas gave all land west of the line drawn to this country?

a)

Portugal

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

25.

Check the 3 ships that Columbus took on his 1st expedition

a)

Mayflower

b)

Nina

c)

Pinta

d)

Santa Maria

26.

The name of a newer, faster ship created in Prince Henry’s school

a)

caravel

b)

sail boat

c)

Titanic

d)

canoe

27.

Check the 3 "G’s" of exploring

a)

Gold

b)

Glory

c)

Goods

d)

Gun powder

e)

God

28.

Which king sponsored John Cabot on his sailing journey west across the Ocean Sea?

a)

King Henry VII

b)

Prince Henry

c)

King George III

d)

King Ferdinand

29.

A trip taken with the goal of exploring

a)

navigation

b)

expedition

c)

journey

d)

benefit

30.

Many lands ruled by the same country or nation

a)

kingdom

b)

empire

c)

world

d)

Earth

31.

Indies are also known as....

a)

Asia

b)

China

c)

America

d)

San Salvador

32.

Check both: Cathay is a(n) ______________ also known as __________

a)

continent

b)

ocean

c)

Asia

d)

China

e)

country

33.

check both: The isthmus of Panama connects...

a)

Russia

b)

Alaska

c)

North America

d)

Pacific Ocean

e)

South America

34.

Letter "D"

a)

England/UK

b)

China

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

35.

Letter "G"

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Gulf of Mexico

36.

Letter "F"

a)

England/UK

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

Atlantic

37.

Letter "B"

a)

Spain

b)

New Foundland

c)

San Salvador

d)

China

38.

Which letter is the Indies?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

C

d)

A

39.

Which letter shows San Salvador?

a)

H

b)

A

c)

J

d)

G

40.

He was killed before his mission was accomplished.

a)

Columbus

b)

Magellan

c)

Balboa

d)

Vespucci

41.

Fill in the missing item: Asia's most desired riches for Europeans were (a)   , spices, compasses, and gunpowder

42.

Fill in the blank: The land route that Marco Polo took to the Indies was too long and dangerous because he had to cross desserts and (a)  

43.

The arrow points to the home of the Vikings and the country of (a)  

44.

Fill in the blank: Balboa crossed this (a)   of Panama to discover a new ocean

45.

The red line shows?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Isthmus of Panama

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