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Age of Exploration and Navigation

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the ships that were faster, lighter, easier to maneuver and had triangular sails?

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Compass

c)

Caravel

d)

Cruise ship

2.

Which navigation tool helped European sailors know which direction they were going?

a)

astrolabe

b)

magnetic compass

c)

maps

d)

none of them

3.

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

a)

Leif Ericsson

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Bartolomeu Diaz

4.

What item from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans?

a)

corn and potatoes

b)

gold and silver

c)

horses

d)

bananas and sugar cane

5.

What was the overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people of North America?

a)

It was harmful to them.

b)

It had no effect on them.

c)

It was good for them.

d)

It improved their lives.

6.

How did mapmakers help European sailors improve their navigation?

a)

They made more accurate maps.

b)

They taught the sailors how to operate the new caravel ship.

c)

Their maps showed the dangerous areas of land routes.

d)

They could tell them how fast their shop was going.

7.

Which explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?

a)

Columbus

b)

Magellan

c)

Cortes

d)

Ponce de Leon

8.
The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?
a)
Tradism
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Columbian Exchange
9.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

10.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

11.
The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:
a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Henry Hudson
12.
Christopher Columbus
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
First European to make it to North America
13.

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Francisco Pizarro

14.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

15.
The art and science of map making is called:
a)
cartography
b)
mapography
c)
quilting
d)
mapology
16.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
17.
This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.
a)
Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Quadrant
d)
Telescope
18.

Which country was the leading developer of advancements in sailing?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

France

19.

What does it mean to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

to sail from one continent to another

b)

to sail all the way around the world

c)

to sail from one hemisphere to another

d)

to sail to an unexplored part of the world

20.

Which explorer sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and claimed lands for France in 1535?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Francis Drake

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Francisco Pizarro

21.

To plan and travel a route by using tools

a)

circumnavigate

b)

navigate

c)

scurvy

d)

GPS

22.

Which Chinese explorer demonstrated the wealth and power of the Ming Dynasty

a)

Sir Francis Drake

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Zheng He

23.

Who was the French explorer who mapped the Great Lakes and explored modern day Canada?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Samuel de Champlain

24.

Explorer from Venice, Italy that explored Asia in the 1200's. He work inspired others to explore.

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Hernan Cortes

25.

What invention helped maps and the ideas of explorers spread quickly?

a)

Caravels

b)

Printing Press

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Telescope

26.

What is the disease that sailors can get from lack of vitamin C?

a)

Covid

b)

Influenza

c)

Scurvy

d)

Common cold

27.

Which of the following was a reason why Europeans wanted to explore (there may be more than 1 answer!)

a)

Find new Routes

b)

Spread their Religion

c)

Gain more Riches and wealth for themselves and their countries

d)

Recognize new lands

28.

Which ancient civilization created maps that named places, directions and made North "the top"?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Romans

c)

Incas

d)

Chinese

29.

Which Ancient Civilization gave us the first maps using astrology and math, practiced sailing and recorded instructions?

a)

Romans

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Greeks

d)

Aztecs

30.
What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?
a)
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
b)
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
c)
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
d)
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.
31.

Which of the following are NOT an example of a plant that was introduced to the Americas from the Old World?

a)

Olives

b)

Tomatoes

c)

Bananas

d)

Sugar Cane

32.

What was the name of the native people that Columbus came into contact with in the New World?

a)

Tainos

b)

Asians

c)

Aztecs

d)

Americans