WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 53mins
Who were the "conquistadors?"
catholic missionaries
Spanish explorers
Aztec rulers
French adventurers
Expedition means:
an SUV made by Ford
a trip of exploration
Age of Discovery
none of the above
All of the following are reasons for European exploration except:
Glory
Gold
Oil
Spices
The French and English explorers were looking for which shortcut through the Americas?
The Atlantic Thruway
The Cape of Good Hope
The Northwest Passage
The Strait of Magellan
What religious goal inspired many European explorers?
to visit holy sites
to live in poverty
to spread their beliefs
to learn about other faiths
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Pizarro
Cortes
de Soto
Vespucci
This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
On his first voyage in 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up a river now named
the Mississippi River
the Henry River
the Hudson River
the Rio Grande
What country sponsored John Cabot's expedition?
Spain
Italy
England
Who explored for France and helped establish the fur trade?
Jacques Cariter
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Coronado
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed he had discovered:
North America
a western route to Asia
an ancient civilization
Cuba and Hispaniola
The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.
The Great Exchange
The Columbian Exchange
The New World Exchange
The American Exchange
Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?
The spread of disease killed millions of people.
Agriculture spread to more regions.
The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.
Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.
Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.
