WorksheetsExploring the Americas
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which country claimed number 3?
Spain
Britain
Portugal
France
Which country claimed number 4?
Britain
France
Portugal
Spain
Which country claimed number 2?
Portugal
France
Britain
Spain
Which country claimed number 1?
France
Spain
Britain
Portugal
How can Columbus be considered both an entrepreneur and an explorer?
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he set up his expedition like a business and hoped to make a profit.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also liked to eat.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also dressed nice.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also owned a store.
What did European explorers want from their travels? Choose the THREE correct answers.
horses
adventure
wealth
technology
fame
Why did Coronado travel from Mexico to present-day Kansas?
to map the Colorado River
to learn Spanish
because he liked to travel
to find the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola
Which explorer's voyage was the longest?
Vespucci
Magellen
Columbus
Ponce De Leon
Europeans looked to the sea for new trade routes because...
the Catholic Church began taxing trade routes.
thieves were a danger along the Silk Road.
the Ottoman Empire cut off their access to land routes.
climate change made it difficult to move their goods along the Silk Road.
What did European explorers want from their travels? (pick 3)
fame
adventure
horses
technology
wealth
The Astrolabe helped European explorers...
steer their ships.
determine wind direction.
with many types of calculations.
determine their longitude.
Early European explorers who came to the New World were looking for a northwest passage in order to.
What is the name of religious communities in Spanish settlements?
Mestizos
Missions
Peninsulars
Plantations
Technology is:
Use of electronics to help you
Use scientific knowledge for practical purposes
Something left behind by early people
Use of classical knowledge
Spanish towns in the Americas:
Missions
Conquistadors
Peninsulares
Pueblos
A journey to a holy place:
Adventure
Encomienda
Pilgrimage
Voyage
Native Americans died by the thousands because they had no _____________ to European diseases.
viruses
vaccinations
knowledge
immunity
Magellan was the first European explorer to sail around, or _______________ the world.
circumnavigate
explore
convert
conquer
A direct water route to Asia through the Americas
circumnavigation
northwest passage
presidio
southwest passage
A navigation tool that shows the direction in which a person or ship is traveling.
Astrolabe
Quadrant
Caravel
Compass
The rebellion against authority is called
conquistador
mutiny
missionary
expedition
What is a narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water called?
navigation
treaty
strait
reconquista
To pay for a project, event, or organization directed by another person or group.
reform
navigation
treaty
sponsor
What tool was the first tool that allowed sailors measure longitude?
compass
chronometer
astrolabe
sextant
