WorksheetsAge of Discovery
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which is NOT a reason Europeans wanted to explore?
Gold
Glory
God
Gastronomy
Sea monsters, boiling water, and falling off the Earth are all reasons that sailors felt ..... to explore
Brave enough
Excited
Fearful
Motivated
Where did the sailor Hernán Cortés come from?
Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
Which of these goods was NOT traded around the world?
Euros
Cinnamon
Gold
Silk
This technology helped sailors to sail faster and into the wind
Compass
Astrolabe
Caravel
Sextant
An instrument used in celestial navigation to determine latitude and longitude
Sextant
Map-making
Compass
Astrolabe
The first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.
Bartolomeu Dias
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Hernan Cortes conquered the ........ Empire in Mexico
Mexican
Inca
Aztec
Mayan
Which European country became very rich from their exploration of South America?
Sweden
France
Britain
Spain
What religion did European explorers want to spread around the world?
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
