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End of Year Exam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a caravel?

a)

getting, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves

b)

the process of planning a route and finding one’s location

c)

a journey or voyage

d)

a small, fast sailing ship

2.

A merchant is someone who:

a)

buys and sells goods for a profit

b)

supports another person financially

c)

goes on an expedition

d)

is in charge of the slave trade

3.

The process of planning a route and finding one's location:

a)

expedition

b)

caravel

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

navigation

4.

What is the slave trade?

a)

the process of planning a route and finding one's location

b)

the movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

c)

buying and selling goods for a profit

d)

getting, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves

5.

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

6.
slave trade
a)
people who bought and sold goods
b)
a place where goods could be bought and sold
c)
where humans were bought and sold as property
7.
expedition 
a)
an organized journey usually led by a conquistador
b)
a group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
c)
an organized journey
8.

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

a)

Central Mexico

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

South America, mostly Peru

9.

What were chinampas?

a)

the name for Aztec city-states

b)

people who lived in Tenochtitlan

c)

farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

d)

walls of skulls at temples

10.

What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?

a)

Lake Texcoco

b)

Lake Tahoe

c)

Lake Templo

d)

Lake Cusco

11.

What's the name of the Aztec Capital?

a)

Texcoco

b)

Chinapa

c)

Templo Mayor

d)

Tenochtitlan

12.

What was one reason the Aztec waged war so often?

a)

They needed prisoners for human sacrifices.

b)

They believed the gods enjoyed seeing humans fight.

c)

the Spanish would appreciate their sacrfices

d)

They were always under attack from their neighbors.

13.
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
a)
Hernan Cortes
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Vasco de Gama
14.

This map is an example of a . . .

a)

Population Map

b)

Thematic Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Road Map

15.

Which one is a road map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

What map element is this?

a)

legend

b)

compass rose

c)

title

d)

continent

17.

What direction is missing?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

18.
A _________ is used to represent real objects on the map such as a building, road, lake, tree, mountain, etc.
a)
Symbol
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Merdian
19.
What continent is in orange?
a)
South America 
b)
North America 
c)
Antarctica 
d)
Africa 
20.
What ocean is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
21.
Which continent is the largest? 
a)
Asia 
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
North America
22.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
23.

A map showing governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities.

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Population

d)

Elevation

24.

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

25.
What continent is in blue?
a)
Asia 
b)
Africa 
c)
Europe 
d)
Australia 
26.
What continent is in red?
a)
Asia 
b)
North America 
c)
South America 
d)
Australia 
27.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
plain
28.

Which letter represents south west?

a)

A

b)

H

c)

F

d)

D

29.
The Aztecs believed in human sacrifice because:
a)
they were evil
b)
they believed it would please their gods
c)
they hated blood
d)
they believed that consuming blood was good for you
30.

What is in the picture?

a)

Farm

b)

Lake

c)

Beach

d)

Land