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The Age of Encounters Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are goods that come into a country for sale?

a)

imports

b)

exports

c)

patrons

d)

celestial navigation

2.

What is the term to describe groups of traders that traveled together? 

a)

caravels

b)

explorers

c)

caravans

d)

astrolabe

3.

Which definition describes a trade route? 

a)

a tool used to determine altitude 

b)

rich empires

c)

an area used by merchants for economic purposes

4.

What does cartography mean?

a)

traveling around the world on a ship

b)

map making

c)

journaling

d)

emailing your friend your location

5.

What did Europe call Asia in the 1400s?

a)

Spain

b)

The Indies

c)

America

d)

United States of America

6.

rich empires that paid people to study, explore, and create art for the glory of the empire

a)

explorers

b)

Native Americans

c)

patrons

d)

merchants

7.

What is a caravel?

a)

a ship with broad bows and beams

b)

a tool used to determine altitude

c)

map making

8.

What technological advancement made it easier to explore and is an instrument that determines  latitude?

a)

caravan

b)

GPS

c)

astrolabe

9.

Where did Christopher Columbus land?

 

a)

New York

b)

The Carribean

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

10.

What was the trade route between Europe and Asia called?

a)

The Old Road

b)

The Silk Road

c)

The Golden Route

d)

The Salt Route

11.

What are goods made in a country and sent to another country?

a)

imports

b)

exports

c)

caravals

d)

the Pope

12.

Why do people explore?

a)

to earn travel points

b)

to find answers to questions

c)

to vacation

13.

What makes a good explorer? 

a)

being rich

b)

being persistent, accurate, curious, and patient

c)

knowing all the continents

14.

What is celestial navigation?

a)

using planets to find a location

b)

locating planets

c)

locating the sun, moon, and stars

d)

using the sun, moon, and stars to find a location