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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Set foot in the Americas in 1492

a)

Da Gama

b)

Colombus

c)

Dias

d)

The Pope

2.

explored the coast of Africa for Portugal

a)

Colombus

b)

Da Gama

c)

Dias

d)

Las Casas

3.

became a monk and wrote about the treatement of the American Indians

a)

Colombus

b)

Dias

c)

Da Gama

d)

Las Casas

4.

helped portugal become skilled in exploration

a)

the Pope

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Dias

d)

Las Casas

5.

helps to calculate the angle of the Sun

a)

big square sail

b)

compass

c)

quadrant

d)

small triangular sail

6.

gives the ship power

a)

big square sail

b)

compass

c)

quadrant

d)

small sail

7.

allows the sailor to know which direction they are sailing

a)

quadrant

b)

quadrant

c)

big sail

d)

small sail

8.

when did Colombus set sail

a)

August 1492

b)

October 1491

c)

October 1492

d)

August 1491

9.

When did Colombus set foot on an island in the Americas

a)

August 1492

b)

October 1492

c)

September 1492

d)

August 1491

10.

Which settlement established fur trading due to cold weather?

a)

New France

b)

New Neathlands

11.

Which settlement was governor Peter Stuyvesant, made its money by trade, and its capital city was New Amsterdam?

a)

New France

b)

New Netherlands

12.

Where did Colombus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?

a)

USA

b)

Canary Islands

c)

North America

13.

group of traders who traveled together to trade or sell their goods

a)

caravan

b)

quadrant

14.

who made the people of Jamestown work?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

John Smith

c)

Las Casas

d)

Dias

15.

English Settlement where many people didn't want to work

a)

Plymouth

b)

Renoke

c)

Jamestown

16.

To pay for the voyage (trip) many people became indured ______

a)

servant

b)

friend

17.

Indians taught Pilgrims how to grow crops in the _______ colony.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

18.

People who wantd the church to remove false teachings

a)

Puritans

b)

Separatist

19.

People who started their own church and wanted to stay away from the church of England

a)

Puritans

b)

Separatist

20.

Declared Indians had a sould

a)

Dias

b)

Da Gama

c)

Las Casas

d)

The Pope

21.

first governor of Massachusetts

a)

John Smith

b)

John Winthrop

22.

cheef of the woodland Indianschief

a)

Servant

b)

Pawhatan

c)

John Smith