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WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who was the first European to find a sea route to India by going around Africa?
Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Vasco Da Gama
Bartoulomeu Dias
Who originally inspired the Age of Exploration through his discoveries along the coast of Africa?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco Da Gama
Columbus
Pizarro
Which country sponsored Columbus's journey?
England
Spain
Italy
Germany
What empire did Europeans want to trade with in India
Chinese
Ottomans
Ghana
Mughal
The European explorers referred to the lands they colonized as the ___ _____?
Old World
New Spain
New World
Native Land
Who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Columbus
Francis Drake
Pizarro
The first English man to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan
Francis Drake
King James I
Prince Henry
Europeans killed off many natives through what?
War
Trade
Slavery
Smallpox
The exchange of material between the Americas and Europe is called what?
Colombian Exchange
Triangular Transfer
Square Trade
Triangular Trade
Adding Africa and the slave trade makes the Colombian Exchange the what?
Triangular Trade
Circle Trade
Circle Exchange
Silk Road
Hernan Cortes brought about the destruction of what civilization?
Mayan
Incan
Oltec
Aztec
Canada was discovered by the European explorer Jacques Cartier, who was from what country?
France
England
Spain
Italy
This treaty divided the colonized world between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Canada
Treaty of Tordisillas
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Spain
The British and the Dutch established organizations for trade in India known as?
West India Goods Co.
Americas Co.
European Goods Co.
East Indian Trading Co.
