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WorksheetsTEST REVIEW - Age of Exploration
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
Who set up a school for navigation in Portugal?
King Ferdinand
Marco Polo
Prince Henry
Vasco de Balboa
Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Spanish wanted to explore the world?
to convert people to Christianity
to find gold and silver
to find a faster route to Asia
to help Native Americans
Who was the first person to lead a voyage that circumnavigated the world?
Pedro Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Francis Drake
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the tip of Africa to India?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Cabral
Francisco Pizarro
Who explored present day Florida and claimed it for Spain?
Ponce de Leon
Coronado
Cabral
Dias
Which European country claimed land in Mexico and Peru by conquering the Aztecs and Incans?
England
Spain
France
Portugal
Which Spanish explorer was the first to discover the Pacific Ocean after crossing Panama?
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Balboa
Marco Polo
Erik the Red
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to discover Brazil and claim the land for his country?
Pedro Cabral
Vasco da Gama
Samuel de Champlain
Juan Ponce de Leon
What Viking first discovered Greenland?
Leif Erikson
Marco Polo
Erik the Red
Which explorer's travels to China inspired others to want to explore?
Leif Eriksson
Marco Polo
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
What ship invented by the Portuguese could be used to sail faster and farther distances?
caravel
astrolabe
route
compass
Where did Christopher Columbus make landfall on his first voyage?
the East Indies
San Salvador (Bahamas)
Cape of Good Hope
Virginia
Why did Columbus call the people he encountered "Indians"?
It was the Spanish word for strangers.
They looked like people he had seen in India.
That is the name they called themselves.
He thought he had reached the East Indies.
Three motivations for Spanish explorers: God, Gold, and ______.
Grace
Glory
Greed
Glaciers
North and South America are named after this explorer.
Magellan
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry the Navigator
Which conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?
Pizarro
Cortes
Coronado
What did most New World Native Americans die from?
European diseases
War with the explorers
Drowning
Starvation
What two countries were world powers during the Age of Exploration?
Spain and Italy
England and Portugal
Spain and Portugal
__________ conquered the Aztecs in modern day Mexico.
Juan Ponce de León
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Hernando de Soto
Hernan Cortes
___________ was the name given to Spanish soldiers and explorers in America, meaning conqueror.
navigator
viking
conquistador
explorer
Which word means "to travel completely around"?
navigatiion
conquistador
circumnavigate
plantation
A Viking named ________ reached North America around 1000 AD. This was almost 500 years before Columbus.
Erik the Red
Bartolome de Las Casas
Leif Erikson
Prince Henry
What 2 groups of people were enslaved in the Americas by the Spanish?
Europeans & Africans
Africans & Native Americans
Native Americans & Europeans
You will be allowed to use your Age of Exploration notes packet to find answers on your test.
What should you do before you take your test on Friday?
Memorize everything in your notes packet.
Make sure your notes packet is complete.
