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Exploration

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which century did the greatest world exploration begin?

a)

12th century

b)

15th century

c)

1st century

d)

21st century

2.

How long did the greatest age of world exploration last?

a)

5 years

b)

1,000 years

c)

4 centuries

d)

6 centuries

3.

Which ocean did Chinese fleets explore?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

4.

What is the most common reason why people explored the world?

a)

water

b)

trade

c)

ships

d)

land

5.

What did the old world want from the new world?

a)

sliver, honey, land, water

b)

wood, bricks, spices, berries

c)

Asian spices, African ivory, and gold

d)

Florida oranges, Georgia peaches, Napa Valley grapes

6.

European traders were soon also...?

a)

seizing land and trying to convert the local populations to the Christian faith.

b)

seizing trees and trying to convert the local populations to the Muslim faith.

c)

fishing for whales land and trying to convert the local populations to the Jewish faith.

d)

seizing land and trying to convert the local populations to the Buddhist faith.

7.

Many explores were driven by a sense of...

a)

time and space

b)

hunger and greed

c)

adventure or scientific inquiry

d)

joy and happiest

8.

When the world opened up, what was introduced from one land to another?

a)

new crops

b)

new animals

c)

new clothes

d)

new shoes

9.

Many native peoples died because they had no resistance to the European ______ that explores and crews brought with them.

a)

food

b)

language

c)

diseases

d)

religion

10.

Which was NOT a continent that had been known to geographers since ancient times?

a)

AFRICA

b)

NORTH AMERICA

c)

ASIA

d)

EUROPE

11.

Which continents became known as the old world after the European discovery of the Americas?

a)

South Carolina, North Carolina, France

b)

Europe, Africa, Florida

c)

African, Barnwell, Fairfax

d)

Europe, Asia, Africa

12.

Who traveled east to China? When did they travel?

a)

Marco Polo and Ibn Battutah in the Middle Ages

b)

Beyonce and Jay'Z in 20012

c)

Ms. Leath and Ms. Hicks in the 17th century

d)

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in 1999

13.

What century did the Chinese admiral, Zheng He, sail west to Africa?

a)

1st

b)

23rd

c)

15th

d)

10th

14.

Portuguese and Dutch ships were trading in southeast Asia by what century?

a)

12th

b)

21st

c)

2nd

d)

16th

15.

Navigation- is any method used to find one's way or

a)

hold a ship on course

b)

turn back and try again

c)

call a operator

d)

become lost at sea

16.

What instrument was NOT used to help ships navigate?

a)

compass

b)

sun and stars

c)

xylophone

d)

cross-staff

17.

How was distance traveled calculated?

a)

speed and time

b)

compass

c)

roads

d)

meters

18.

Which continents are considered the "New World"?

a)

North and South Dakota

b)

North and South Carolina

c)

North and South America

d)

North and South Korea

19.

What year did Diaz round southern Africa?

a)

1486

b)

1596

c)

1986

d)

2093

20.

Exploration- to search with the intent to learn more about a

a)

place, animal, thing

b)

place, person, vacation

c)

place, person, thing

d)

person, time, speed

21.

To measure speed and time, a _____ was thrown overboard.

a)

brick

b)

wooden log

c)

rock

d)

rope