WorksheetsWH9 U2 Exploration & Isolation Study Set 1
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
Introduced by the Portuguese to Japan, which item led to changes in Samurai tradition & fortification of castles?
Porcelain
Gunpowder
Firearms
Catapult
Popular during the Tokugawa Shogunate, this is a type of drama with elaborate costumes and mimes
Haiku
Noh
Shogun
Kabuki
Which European country was the leader in developing and applying 15th-century sailing innovations?
Italy
Portugal
the Netherlands
Spain
This navigation tool used the sun & stars to help sailors determine their ship's latitude (location)
Astrolabe
Caravel
Magnetic compass
Navigation
Which dynasty, founded by Hongwu after he drove out the Mongols, ruled China from 1368-1644?
Song Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The most important impact of Columbus's voyage/discovery of the Americas was
Spain had a new source of gold.
It opened the Americas for exploration & colonization
Portugal was envious of Spain's success
Spain gained an all-water route to Asia.
What country did China accept as trading partners because they agreed to pay tribute and to kowtow?
the Netherlands (Dutch)
Great Britain
South Africa
Spain
Under Japan's new system of feudalism, the daimyo were
Emperors
Religious leaders
Warlords
Peasant foot soldiers
Popular during the Tokugawa Shogunate, this is a type of poetry with 3 lines that present imagery
Zheng He
Haiku
Kabuki
Caravel
Title for the leader of a Japanese Shogunate, it means "sole ruler"
Pharaoh
Emperor
Shogun
Daimyo
Why was only the government allowed to conduct foreign trade during the Ming Dynasty?
Ming leaders wanted to keep the influence of outsiders to a minimum.
Ming leaders wanted to keep all of the profits for themselves
Ming leaders worried that those who grew wealthy from trade would rebel
Ming leaders were the only ones who lived in the port cities where trade was conducted
Whose crew is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry
How did Prince Henry the Navigator influence the Age of Exploration?
He invented the Astrolabe
He undertook seven voyages of exploration
He sold firearms to Japan
He founded a school of navigation on the coast of Portugal
An agreement between Spain & Portugal declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic would belong to Spain and those to the east of the line would belong to Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Exploration
Why was the caravel an important development in navigation?
It was able to withstand storms at sea
It was able to sail into the wind
It was able to carry a large number of crew members
It was able to sail in shallow waters
This navigation tool helped sailors to determine their ship's latitude (location)
Magnetic Compass
Astrolabe
Caravel
Sextant
This period, (early 15th century - 17th century) is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth & knowledge
Commercial Revolution
Scientific Revolution
Age of Exploration
Age of Glory, Gold & God
This Chinese Muslim admiral led 7 voyages of exploration (publicity).
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hongwu
Zheng He
Yonglo
What did Vasco da Gama succeed in gaining for Portugal?
A sea route between Portugal and India
Profitable trade with the Phillippine Islands
Control of the Spice Islands
A sea route between Spain and India
This is the art and science of determining the position of a ship, plane, or other vehicle and guiding it to a specific destination
Cartography
Exploration
Navigation
Astrolabing
Which of the following was NOT an important factor/cause that led to the Age of Exploration?
WEALTH - Europeans wanted to find a direct route to Asia to avoid the Italians and Muslims.
SCIENCE - Europeans wanted to find new plant and animal species to enrich their diets.
GLORY - Advances in sailing technology made it possible for people to sail to and discover new lands.
GOD - The Europeans had a desire to spread Christianity to non-believers.
Adopted by Ming China, this is a policy of removing a country from contact with other countries
Alternate-Attendance Policy
Non-Trade Agreement
Isolationism
Haiku
In 1600, he completed the unification of Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Zheng He
Hongwu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Marco Polo
What type of policy did Japan institute to control the influence of foreign ideas?
Isolated Country Policy
Closed Country Policy
Closed Kabuki Policy
Foreign Control Policy
This explorer, often credited with "discovering" the Americas, undertook a voyage that would open the Americas to European exploration and colonization.
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Zheng He
Christopher Columbus
Tokugawa Ieyasu used the "Alternate Attendance Policy" to control
the Daimyo
Christian missionaries
Foreign trade
the Koreans
Which navigation tool helped sailors determine which direction they were heading?
Astrolabe
Magnetic Compass
Caravel
Sextant
The Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of
Religious authority
Cultural institution
Military government
Trading Company
Portugal was the first country to establish trading posts on the western coast of which continent?
Africa
Asia
Australia
America
Who captained the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa (a.k.a. the Cape of Good Hope)?
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
James Cook
Bartolomeu Dias
The Line of Demarcation established a boundary between which two regions?
Claimed and unclaimed lands.
New lands Portugal could claim & those Spain could claim
Portugal & Spain
Lands that were under the Pope's control & those that were not
