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Unit 3: The Age of Exploration and Trade (Section 1 & 2)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Europe get many of its prized goods during the Middle Ages?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

India

d)

Indonesia

2.

Check all that apply:

What were some of the foreign goods that Europeans sought during the Middle Ages?

a)

Spices

b)

Flour

c)

Perfumes

d)

Cosmetics

e)

Medicine

3.

Which best explains the network of trade in the 1400s?

a)

Chinese---Arabs---Italians---other Europeans

b)

Indians---- Chinese--- Italians--- other Europeans

c)

Indians---- Arabs----Europeans

d)

Chinese----Arabs--- Europeans

4.

Check all that apply:

What were some of the tools that helped the early explorers navigate?

a)

The astrolabe

b)

The compass

c)

Improved Maps

d)

The globe

5.

At the time of the early explorers, who were the world powers?

a)

Spain, England, Germany, and Italy

b)

Italy, France, England, and Spain

c)

Italy, Germany, France, and Spain

d)

Spain, France, Portugal, and England

6.

Who is credited as being the first to reach the "new world"?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Jacques Cartier

7.

Who the new world was eventually named after:

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

8.

Sailed to the tip of what is now South America and to the Pacific Ocean:

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

9.

We can thank this explorer for England's influence in North America:

a)

John Cabot

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

10.

The strongest weapon Europeans unknowingly had against the indigenous people:

a)

Horses

b)

Rats

c)

Cannons

d)

Smallpox

11.

Hernán Cortés and his men defeated the:

a)

Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Taino

12.

Francisco Pizarro and his men defeated the:

a)

Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Taino

13.

Major empires of the Americas at the time of the conquistadors:

a)

Aztec, Maya, and Inca

b)

Aztec, Maya, and Olmec

c)

Aztec, Inca, and Taino

d)

Maya, Inca, and Taino

14.

Helped Cortés and his men gain allies:

a)

Atahualpa

b)

Montezuma II

c)

Malintizin

d)

Pizarro

15.

Leader of the Inca who Pizarro had sentenced to death:

a)

Montezuma

b)

Atahaulpa

c)

Technochitlán

d)

Chichen Itza