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Age of Exploration Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The picture shows which navigation tool?

a)

Compass

b)

Caravel

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Telescope

2.

What was the name of the newly designed ships of this time period that were easier to maneuver and sailed at much higher speeds?

a)

an odometer

b)

a compass

c)

caravel

d)

cartography

3.

What is the name of the time period between the 15th and 17th centuries in which Europeans traveled in search of new trade routes, land, and goods?

a)

Age of Treasure

b)

Age of Adventure

c)

Age of Exploration

d)

Age of Navigation

4.

What motivated Europeans to explore and settle new territory?

a)

To be wealthy / gold, silks, spices (GOLD)

b)

seek religious freedom (GOD)

c)

competition with other countries (GLORY)

d)

all of the above

5.

What Asian goods were highly valued and were brought to Europe to sell for a large profit?

a)

Spices and Silks

b)

Navigation Equipment

c)

gold

d)

ships

6.

Which was not an example of obstacles the explorers faced?

a)

Diseases and Starvation

b)

Traffic

c)

Poor Maps

d)

Fear of the Unknown

7.

Which explorer was the first to sail around the world?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernando deSoto

c)

John Cabot

d)

Henry Hudson

8.

What does this map show?

a)

Robert LaSalle's exploration of the Mississippi River

b)

Henry Hudson claiming the land that is now New York for the Dutch

c)

John Cabot's route while looking for the Northwest Passage

d)

Ferdinand Magellan's route as he attempted to sail around the world

9.

The Hudson Bay and Hudson River were named for ________________.

a)

Leif Eriksson

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

John Cabot

10.

Which explorer is credited with "discovering America"?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Christopher Columbus

11.

Which explorer is credited with mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Christopher Columbus

12.

Which explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Christopher Columbus

13.

The global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Transatlantic Trade

d)

Globalization Exchange

14.

The need for a direct _______ route to Asia marked the start of the Age of Exploration.

a)

land

b)

sea

c)

air

d)

train

15.

The ___________ population died off - forcing Europeans to start the Atlantic Slave Trade.

a)

Colonist

b)

Native

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Spanish

16.

Which country started the Dutch East India Company?

a)

England

b)

Netherlands

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

17.

Which of the following images depicts the voyage of Christopher Columbus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which of the following images depicts the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which of the following items traveled on the "Red Route" as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Potatoes

b)

Turkey

c)

Corn

d)

Cattle

e)

Wheat

20.

Which of the following items traveled on the "Green Route" as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Potatoes

b)

Turkey

c)

Cattle

d)

Wheat

e)

Pigs

21.

Which of the following statements best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

An exchange of plants, religion, diseases, and animals between the Old and New Worlds.

b)

A trade route that led to the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and Asia.

c)

A part of Columbus’ route where he exchanged his Galleons for Caravels.

d)

When Columbus promised Queen Isabella he would exchange lands for Spain.

22.

Pick THREE factors that explain the motivation for European countries to get involved in the Age of Exploration?

a)

Establish colonies in other parts of the world.

b)

Desire to spread Islam.

c)

Desire to spread Christianity.

d)

Find new trade routes to Asia.

e)

To have the costs outweigh the benefits of their voyage.

23.

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

canoe

d)

caravel

24.

A device to help sailors determine their location using stars.

a)

compas

b)

astrolabe

c)

compass

d)

caravel

25.

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Globalization

26.

Early explorer who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Oceans. Landed in what is today the Caribbean.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Prince Henry