WorksheetsW.H. Age Exploration Americas
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 42mins
What navigation tool helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?
magnetic compass
astrolabe
telescope
maps
Which navigation tool helped European sailors know which direction they were going?
astrolabe
magnetic compass
maps
none of them
When talking about the Columbian Exchange, which land is referred to as the “New World”?
Europe
The Americas
Africa
Asia
Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro could both be described as:
Italian
Conquistadors
circumnavigators
peaceful
Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?
They were forced to work as slaves in the mines.
They got tired of giving European settlers free food.
They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords.
They were exposed for the first time to some kinds of sicknesses.
He led the first voyage around the world:
Henry the Navigator
Dias
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
(King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)
The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Easter and Western hemispheres:
expedition
Columbian Exchange
slave trade
navigation
Why was the Age of Exploration the first global turning point?
It was the first to include global brands like Coca-Cola.
It was the first to involve trade across Asia, Africa, and Europe.
It was the first to involve Australia.
It was the first connection between the Old World and the New World.
In order to reach Asia, explorers had to sail around which continent?
Africa
North America
South America
Australia
What is a colony?
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
a country that runs other countries under the control of a large company
a place that is under the control of a religious leader that has total control of the government
a country where all of the laws are voted on by every citizen
This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartholomew Dias
Francisco Pizarro
A mercantile-based economy heavily focuses on imports and exports, this is called:
Balance of Trade
Mercantilism
Exchange Economy
The Emancipation of the Proletariate
Which civilization settled in the Andes Mountains of South America?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Which civilization settled in modern day Mexico?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
