WorksheetsDiscovering the New World
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The time period from 500-1500 A.D. is called the...?
Old Age
Stone Age
Middle Age
Discovery Age
What event led to an increase in trade between Western Europe & Arabain/Asian countries?
The Middle Age
The Crusades
Discovering America
World War 1
The increased power of Arabian and Italian-city states led to...?
Riots
Search for Land-based trade route
Scientific Advancements
Search for a water-based trade route
Which country did not explore the New World?
Great Britian
Portugal
Spain
Egypt
The ship used for explorations was called a?
Junk
U-Boat
Caravel
Carvel
Bartholomeau Dias accomplished what?
Circumnavigated the World
Reached the Eastern tip of Africa
Reached America
Reached South America
What did Vasco da Gama accomplish?
Found a sea route from Europe to India
Found a land route from Asia to America
Circumnavigated the World
Reached America
True or False: African Kingdoms would regularly trade captives of war as slaves for goods.
True
False
True or False: Europeans needed slaves to maintain the sugarcane fields, which required intense manual labor.
True
False
Who funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World?
Portugal
France
England
Spain
What lands did Columbus discover?
Hispaniola
Crete
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The Chruch established a line that split the New World in 2 (The Treaty of Tordesillas), giving _____ the East & _____ the West.
England; France
Portugal; Spain
Spain; Portugal
France; England
Who was the Americas named after, after he realized the lands were not apart of Asia?
Captain America
Amerigo Vespucci
Chistopher Columbus
Henry Amerigo
Which conquistador defeated the Aztecs and established New Spain (current day Mexico City)?
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Megelean
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Which country founded Quebec in Canada?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Which navigator founded what is now New York?
Henry the 8th
Henry Hudson
Amerigo Vespucci
Giovanni da Verrazano
