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Age of Exploration Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who started a school for navigation and helped to explore the coast of Africa?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Queen Isabella

c)

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

2.

Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

Whose crew circumnavigated (went all the way around) the Earth?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

4.

What was the main way early explorers knew where they were going ?

a)

celestial navigation

b)

GPS

c)

Mapquest

5.

What are some negative effects of the Age of Exploration?

a)

Diseases

b)

Slavery

c)

Both

6.

One of the greatest inventions of the Renaissance was the

a)

Printing Press

b)

The Tesla

c)

Compass

7.

Columbus thought he landed in Asia but he landed in the

a)

Bahamas

b)

Africa

c)

The Americas

8.

Who were actually the first Europeans to make it to the New World and settle there?

a)

Vikings

b)

Portuguese

c)

Prince Henry

9.

The trading route that Marco Polo and others used to trade goods with Asia?

a)

The Trading Way

b)

The Silk Road

c)

Marco's Marketplace

10.

What ships allowed explorers to navigate more easily?

a)

Caravels

b)

Gundalows

c)

Row boats

11.

The Age of Exploration led the way for the modern, _______________ world we live in today.

a)

easy

b)

interdependent

c)

comfortable

12.

What is one thing Europeans wanted to trade with Asia?

a)

Potatoes

b)

Spices

c)

Jewels

13.

What food might be found on board an explorer's ship?

a)

Steak and fries

b)

Oatmeal with weevils

c)

Many fresh fruits and vegetables

14.

What tool helped navigators measure the height of objects in the sky?

a)

astrolabe

b)

caravel

c)

microscope

15.

Which explorer conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Cortez

b)

Pizarro

c)

Marco Polo

16.

How long did it take Magellan's crew to make it around the world?

a)

1 month

b)

1 year

c)

3 years

17.

Which explorer reached the tip of Africa in 1487?

a)

Bartholomew Diaz

b)

John Cabot