WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Definition of Merchants
People who buy and sell goods
Stores and small settlements where goods could be bought.
Definition of Caravel
The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land.
A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s.
Definition of Patron
A person that gives financial support to another person or cause.
Conqueror
Definition of Empire
Great harm
A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader.
Definition of Epidemic
A movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and even disease between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people.
Eric the Red sailed from Norway to Iceland and then to Greenland.
True
False
In the 1400s, trade between WHO increased?
Europe and Canada
Europe and Asia
Asia and Africa
Asia and America
What kind of route to Asia were rulers wanting?
Land
Sea
Sky
The Astrolabe helped sailors know how far north or south they were from what?
The equator
The North Pole
The Prime Meridian
Their home country
Who made it to India first?
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Da Gama
Prince Henry
What direction did Christopher Columbus want to sail?
North
South
East
West
What name did Christopher Columbus give to the land he found?
West Indies
East Indies
New Europe
Indiana
When did the Spaniards defeat the Aztecs?
1001
1519
1492
1521
Hernando de Soto set sail in what year?
1539
1528
1055
1498
What was the name of the colony created in 1535?
New York
New Europe
New Mexico
New Spain
Where were Native Americans compelled to work?
Mines
Office
On Ships
The American Indians had great defenses against diseases.
True
False
Hunting became easier for Native Americans once they had horses.
True
False
Which of these foods is NOT talked about in our notes?
Potatoes
Corn
Apples
Sugar Cane
What is something people started to share?
Food
Cultures
Habits
