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Ch 14- Age of Exploration

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This term refers to a map-maker.

a)

maptologist

b)

cartologist

c)

cartographer

d)

mapographer

2.

A term that means to travel around the world.

a)

circumvent

b)

circumnavigate

c)

circumvate

d)

circumplate

3.

Complete control of a business, industry, or product.

a)

monopoly

b)

duocracy

c)

socialism

d)

monocle

4.

A person who travels in order to teach about their religion.

a)

preacher

b)

monk

c)

friar

d)

missionary

5.

A large farm run by an overseer and the workers live on the farm.

a)

plantation

b)

latifundia

c)

estate

d)

manor

6.

This agreement established the Line of Demarcation.

a)

The Berlin Conference

b)

The Treaty of Tordesillas

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Spanish Accords

7.

This king pleaded with Portugal to put a stop to the slave trade.

a)

Henry the Navigator

b)

Osie Tutu

c)

Affonso I

d)

Ashanti

8.

This religious zealot threatened to kill anyone transporting slaves through his lands.

a)

Almany of Futa Toro

b)

Bishop Tardillas

c)

Pope Leo X

d)

Osei Tutu

9.

The Americas get their name from who's journals?

a)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

b)

Captain Nathanial Merica

c)

Amarco Polo

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

10.

The Line of Demarcation divided the eastern and western hemispheres between....

a)

Portugal and Italy

b)

Portugal and Spain

c)

England and Spain

d)

Italy and Spain

11.

Osei Tutu was the military leader of what people?

a)

Songhai Kingdom

b)

Oyo Empire

c)

Asante Kingdom

d)

Mali Empire

12.

Why did the southern tip of Africa become known as "The Cape of Good Hope?"

a)

It had very calm seas.

b)

The hope of reaching Asia.

c)

The hope of making landfall.

d)

The hope of getting back home.

13.

What name has been given to the islands discovered by Columbus in 1492?

a)

the East Indies

b)

the West Indies

c)

the Spice Islands

d)

the Canary Islands

14.

Why won't spices grow in Europe?

a)

no monsoon rains

b)

can not be transplanted

c)

they don't produce seeds

d)

Europe is too wet

15.

What is Christopher Columbus' home country?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

Denmark

16.

What country did Columbus sail for?

a)

Italy

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

Denmark

17.

Where was Prince Henry's sailing school?

a)

Sagras, Portugal

b)

Bologna, Italy

c)

Barcelona, Spain

d)

Lisbon, Portugal

18.

Where was the first permanent European settlement in Africa?

a)

Malindi

b)

Mombasa

c)

Cape Town

d)

the Congo

19.

Why are the natives discovered by Columbus called "Indians?"

a)

He was in India

b)

They spoke Indian

c)

He thought he was in the Indies

d)

They had dark skin

20.

Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?

a)

the Philippine Islands

b)

the Straits of Magellan

c)

the Molluccas

d)

Futa Toro

21.

How many members of Magellan's crew actually circumnavigated the world?

a)

15

b)

18

c)

21

d)

27

22.

How did Europeans usually acquire the people they enslaved in Africa?

a)

African slavers

b)

defeated them in battle

c)

Dutch slavers

d)

they went to Africa's interior

23.

What lasting effect did the slave trade have on Africa?

a)

African states united against slavery

b)

African states started enslaving Europeans

c)

African states became too weak to resist

d)

African states rose up against Europe

24.

Who were the Dutch farmers in Cape Town?

a)

Bowlers

b)

Boers

c)

Bauers

d)

Bears

25.

Who was the first European to sail west and see the pacific ocean (South Sea)?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

d)

Bartholomeu Dias

26.

Vasco de Gama sailed for what country?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

India

d)

Italy

27.

What event led to Europeans' desire for luxury goods?

a)

a need to explore

b)

travel to Africa

c)

the Crusades

d)

The Plague

28.

What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C in the diet?

a)

dysentery

b)

cholera

c)

scurvy

d)

thrush

29.

What delayed Christopher Colombus' journey to search for spices?

a)

war with Portugal

b)

war with Muslims

c)

war in the Atlantic

d)

the sinking of Atlantis

30.

Which of these are the ships Christopher Colombus took on his first voyage?

a)

Nina

b)

Intrepid

c)

Pinta

d)

Santa Maria