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Unit 3- Exploration and Migration Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

England, Spain, and France were known as ________ ________.

a)

New World

b)

Old World

2.

North America and South America were know to the explorers as the _________ ________.

a)

New World

b)

Old World

3.

Which explorer was a conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Jaques Cartier

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

4.

Which explorer thought he was in Asia, but he was really in the Bahamas?

a)

Jaques Cartier

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

5.

Which explorer wrote a book about his travels in Asia?

a)

Jaques Cartier

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

6.

Which explorer claimed land in Canada for France?

a)

Jaques Cartier

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

7.

Which explorer claimed land in Canada for England?

a)

Jaques Cartier

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

John Cabot

8.

Which explorer claimed land in the New World for England?

a)

Christopher Columbs

b)

John Cabot

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Marco Polo

9.

What were the 3 reasons for exploration?

a)

God, Gold, and Glory

b)

Gold, Goose, and Grass

c)

Gold, God, and Gas

10.

All the explorers were trying to find the Northwest passage which was a shorter trade route to  ____________.

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

South America

11.

The motive for exploration that meant explorers wanted to find riches such as furs, silk, and spices was ______________.

a)

God

b)

Glory

c)

Gold

12.

The Old World countries wanted to build lasting settlements in the new places they explored in the New World.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

English explorers brought the ___________system to South Carolina which was the method of having enslaved people work the land.

a)

Gold

b)

plantation

c)

rice

d)

boats

14.

Henry Hudson and the Dutch helped find the settlement called _________  _________.

a)

New Jersey

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

New York

d)

South Carolina

15.

Daniel Boone helped find the ________________ Road in Kentucky.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Wilderness

c)

Grand Canyon

d)

Louisiana

16.

Who helped the men travel west and establish peacefully relationships with the native tribes?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

William Hilton

17.

Which two men were hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Hernando deSoto and William Hilton

b)

Henry Hudson and Daniel Boone

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

William Hilton and Henry Woodward

18.

The _________ _______ and explorers had many disputes over the land.

a)

Old World

b)

New World

c)

trade routes

d)

Native Americans

19.

The explorers wanted to find a shorter water route to Asia know as the ________.

a)

trade routes

b)

Silk Road

c)

Old World

d)

Northwest Passage

20.

Which motive for exploration means the explorers wanted to spread the religion of Christianity?

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Glory