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Age of Exploration Quizizz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What European explorer is responsible for teaching future explorers about sailing, ship building, navigation, and cartography?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

2.

Which is the best definition for circumnavigation?

a)

To make a complete circle

b)

To make a 180 degree rotation

c)

To be in a constant spin.

d)

None of these.

3.

Who conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

4.

Who conquered the Incas?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

5.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Magellan
b)
Drake
c)
Columbus
d)
da Gama
6.

All of the following are reasons for European exploration except:

a)

Glory

b)

Gold

c)

Oil

d)

Spices

7.
Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water
a)
navigation ship
b)
caravel
c)
astrolabe
d)
compass
8.
How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?
a)
He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
b)
He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
c)
He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
d)
Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage
9.
How did diseases impact the New World?
a)
They didn't
b)
They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
c)
They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
d)
They helped the natives beat the Spanish
10.
Vasco Da Gama
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
First European to make it to North America
11.
What happened to the Inca and Aztec as a result of European expansion? 
a)
Barely survived
b)
Thrived
c)
Demise
12.

Diseases like smallpox had a negative impact on Native American populations.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

During the Age of Discovery, exploration helped to improve

a)

The Bible

b)

investment in the arts

c)

irrigation

d)

maps

14.
Invented by the Greeks and improved by the Arabs, used to measure the angles of the sun and stars in order to determine latitude
a)
Compass
b)
Telescope 
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Lateen 
15.

Columbus writes in his diary, “They were very well built, with very handsome bodies and very good faces,” Columbus wrote in his diary. “They do not carry arms or know them...They should be good servants.” What was Columbus's view of the Native Americans?

a)

He viewed them as equals

b)

He saw they were more advanced than the Europeans

c)

He saw the Europeans as being better than the Natives

d)

As someone who would attack the Europeans  

16.

The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.

a)

The Great Exchange

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Triangle Trade

d)

The New World Trade

17.

Which TWO empire fall during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Rome and Greece

b)

Aztecs and Inca

c)

China and India

d)

Belgium and France

18.

Which factor was a dominant force in Europe and motivated many explorers to spread their faith to distant lands?

a)

Economic prosperity

b)

Christianity

c)

Technological advancement

d)

Cultural exchange

19.

What was the first indigenous group that Christopher Columbus encountered in the Caribbean islands?

a)

The Aztec Empire

b)

The Inca Empire

c)

The Taíno people

d)

The Maya civilization

20.

In what year did Christopher Columbus accidently discover the New World?

a)

1419

b)

1592

c)

1492

d)

1519