WorksheetsSavvas-Ch.2 Age of Exploration Study Guide
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?
to start a colony there
to establish the slave trade
to build a navy and start a war
to find and control trade routes
Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?
the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians
the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics
a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages
the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments
Who traveled in the route that is in the far northern part of the world, look at the arrows around the northern part of North America.
Leif Ericcson
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Who traveled along the route that is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
Leif Ericcson
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Who traveled the route along the west coast of Africa?
Leif Ericcson
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Look at the level of activity between 1000 and 1500. Which statement about this time period does the timeline support?
Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.
Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.
Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.
There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.
Which generalization is supported by the timeline?
Explorers made many expeditions at first, then little or none until 1419.
Trade increased until the age of exploration ended in 1499.
Explorers were more active after 1419 than before.
Trade by sea became common after 1000.
Which statement does the timeline support?
Leif Ericcson opened trade routes in North America.
Explorers traveled the same routes for safety.
Shipbuilding improved in the fifteenth century.
Prince Henry started the age of exploration.
Which statement makes the best argument for what boat would be best for a long expedition?
Boat A is small and helpful in exploring rivers by the shore.
Boat B has large, square sail and oars that give it two sources of power.
Boat C has room to store supplies and different shaped sails to use the wind better
Boat D has oars and would be needed for sailors to go from the main ship to shore.
Which was a cause of the effect in the graphic organizer?
Spain wanted to create jobs
Spain needed money to pay for wars.
Spain wanted to move its government.
Spain needed to defend itself from American Indians.
“As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.”
—Christopher Columbus, 1493
We now know that Columbus was in the Caribbean when he wrote this. Why does he call the islands “the Indies”?
He was in India.
He was in America but thought he was in India.
He didn't know where he was.
He thought he was in America but was really in the Indies.
Which part of the excerpt shows the negative treatment of American Indians at the hands of European explorers?
“As soon as I arrived in the Indies . . .”
“. . . on the first island which I found . . .”
". . . I took some of the natives by force . . .”
“. . . in order that they . . . might give me information . . .”
Which trade would reflect the Columbian Exchange?
peppers for potatoes
corn for tomatoes
horses for wheat
sugar for grapes
Which was a positive outcome for the Columbian Exchange that we can see today?
There are no positive outcomes.
We still share some of the customs, animals and foods that were traded long ago.
We still use horses only.
We still wear the same type of clothes they traded then.
Fill in the blanks with the words below.
time speed distance direction
Sailors used the magnetic compass for ______________ and the astrolabe to determine ______________.
time & speed
direction & speed
direction & distance
speed and distance
How do the different expeditions relate to one another based on the information in the map?
Francisco de Coronado was successful because he reached the interior of America.
Hernando de Soto was able to claim the most land for Spain because he traveled the farthest.
Francisco de Coronado was able to claim more land for Spain because he covered a greater area on foot.
Ponce de Leon was able to claim more land than Hernando de Soto because he included the miles he traveled by sea.
What negative effect of the Columbian Exchange is shown here?
war
trade
slavery
disease
How is a colony different than an empire?
A colony is made up of a group of smaller empires.
Colonies have stronger governments that empires.
A colony is a settlement or area far from the county that rules it.
Two colonies become an empire once they agree to trade goods.
