WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A tool that told sailors how far north or south of the equator they had sailed.
Magnetic compass
Astrolabe
Maps
Who were the first explorers?
Vikings
British
Portuguese
Who helped the Portuguese reach India and began trading important spices?
George Washington
Hector Cortez
Vasco da Gama
Why was Christopher Columbus trying to sail West?
He wanted to discover America.
He wanted to find a new route to Asia.
He was just bored.
Who was really the first European to travel to North America?
Christopher Columbus
A Viking named Leif Ericsson
George Washington
Why did most Spanish Conquistadors travel to the newly discovered Americas?
Gold and Glory
To make the world a better place
They were bored and wanted adventure
A settlement or area far from the country that rules it.
Colony
Town
City
What happened to the Natives in North America when Europeans came to settle?
Almost all of them died
They were allowed to live with them
They were forced to work for the Europeans
They were forced to leave their homes
A movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and even disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Native American Trade
Columbian Exchange
Sea Trade
Besides the Native Americans being effected during the Columbian Exchanged, what other groups of people were effected?
African populations
Swedish populations
Antarctic populations
