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Worksheetsage of exploration
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 28mins
This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba. However, Vikings were there 1st.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartholomew Dias
Francisco Pizarro
This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.
Vasco De Gama
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
Black Beard
This Explorer was the first to sail to India, brought back spices.
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomew Dias
John Cabot
Hernan Cortez
This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.
Francisco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Franz Ferdinand
Francisco Pizarro
The New World was named after this explorer.
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortez
Christopher Columbus
What is the Columbian Exhange?
Exchange of ideas between America and Europe
Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.
Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.
Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal
What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
The Long Journey
The Long Passage
The Middle Journey
If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?
A rhododendron
An Oval
A Square
A Triangle
What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?
Gold, Silver, Treasure
God, Glory, Gold
God, Glory, Gallantry
Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!
The New World Is the ______________(s)
The Americas
The world after WWII
Europe, Asia, Africa.
The best song in the movie Aladdin.
Which navigation tool helped European sailors know which direction they were going?
astrolabe
magnetic compass
maps
none of them
Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?
Leif Ericsson
Vasco de Gama
Prince Henry
Bartolomeu Diaz
what is the Gudgeon Rudder meant to do
steer a ship
fire weapons
feed the crew
take a nap
what is not a time keeping device from the age of exploration
sun dial
hour glass
water clock
wind up clock
what invention do you have to make that tell depth for a river or a bay
a line finder
lead line
depth finding
Printing press
3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade
mercantilism
charter
triangular trade
cash crop
Which of the following best describes the conditions aboard a slave ship.
cramped
roomy
luxurious
typical
Some slaves decided to jump overboard and drowned instead of remaining on the slave ship.
True
False
How were the conditions of the slave boats during the Middle Passage?
The lodgings were clean and sanitary for the slaves
The slaves were well fed and clothed
The conditions were dirty and unsanitary for the slaves
All of the above
Based on the map above, which of the following exports left from the Americas?
bananas and peaches
grapes and citrus fruits
coffee beans and sugar cane
tomatoes and corn
Based on the map above, which of the following exports left from the Americas?
bananas and peaches
grapes and citrus fruits
coffee beans and sugar cane
tomatoes and corn
The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.
The Great Exchange
The Columbian Exchange
The New World Exchange
The American Exchange
