WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Accidentally discovered the Americas while looking for a westward passage to Asia.
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
The science of mapmaking.
Cartography
Geography
Capitalism
Crptography
To sail or travel all the way around the world.
Circumvent
Conservation
Celonavigation
Circumnavigate
The mightiest naval fleet of the day (130 ships), but was defeated by the smaller English navy in 1588.
Spanish Conquest
Spanish Armada
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Conquistadors
The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, the Old World, and West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Columbian Interchange
Columbian Currency
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Cartel
The first European explorer to reach India by sea. He accomplished this by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
A Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
The most successful pirate in history, who was secretly supported by Queen Elizabeth I to steal gold and silver from Spanish galleons.
Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
Hernan Cortes
Francis Drake
The difference between a country's imports and exports.
Socialism
Capitalism
Fascism
Balance of Trade
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Capitalism
Communism
Fascism
Socialism
