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Discovering the New World

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The time period from 500-1500 A.D. is called the...?

a)

Old Age

b)

Stone Age

c)

Middle Age

d)

Discovery Age

2.

What event led to an increase in trade between Western Europe & Arabain/Asian countries?

a)

The Middle Age

b)

The Crusades

c)

Discovering America

d)

World War 1

3.

The increased power of Arabian and Italian-city states led to...?

a)

Riots

b)

Search for Land-based trade route

c)

Scientific Advancements

d)

Search for a water-based trade route

4.

Which country did not explore the New World?

a)

Great Britian

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Egypt

5.

The ship used for explorations was called a?

a)

Junk

b)

U-Boat

c)

Caravel

d)

Carvel

6.

Bartholomeau Dias accomplished what?

a)

Circumnavigated the World

b)

Reached the Eastern tip of Africa

c)

Reached America

d)

Reached South America

7.

What did Vasco da Gama accomplish?

a)

Found a sea route from Europe to India

b)

Found a land route from Asia to America

c)

Circumnavigated the World

d)

Reached America

8.

True or False: African Kingdoms would regularly trade captives of war as slaves for goods.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Europeans needed slaves to maintain the sugarcane fields, which required intense manual labor.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Spain

11.

What lands did Columbus discover?

a)

Hispaniola

b)

Crete

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Cuba

12.

The Chruch established a line that split the New World in 2 (The Treaty of Tordesillas), giving _____ the East & _____ the West.

a)

England; France

b)

Portugal; Spain

c)

Spain; Portugal

d)

France; England

13.

Who was the Americas named after, after he realized the lands were not apart of Asia?

a)

Captain America

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Chistopher Columbus

d)

Henry Amerigo

14.

Which conquistador defeated the Aztecs and established New Spain (current day Mexico City)?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Ferdinand Megelean

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Hernan Cortez

15.

Which country founded Quebec in Canada?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

16.

Which navigator founded what is now New York?

a)

Henry the 8th

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Giovanni da Verrazano