WorksheetsSocial Studies practice
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What was Christopher Columbus born as?
Italian
American
European
Asian
When was Christopher's first voyage?
1435
1492
1480
1345
Columbus made how many voyages?
3
10
200
4
What was the purpose of Columbus's voyage?
Looking for gold
Looking for the new world
Looking for spices
Looking for wood
What are the three worlds?
Asia, Africa, and Europe
Asia, America, and Italy
Europe, Africa, and America
Asia, Africa, and Europe
Who did Columbus sail for?
The king and queen of Europe
The king and queen of Spain
The king and queen of Eqypt
The Prince of Asia
What was the new world
America
Asia
Africa
Mali
What were the old worlds
Europe, Asia, and Africa
Asia, America, Europe, and Mali
Asia, Africa, and Mail
Asia, Europe, and Mail
What were spices used for?
Make food taste good
Persevere food
Rot food
What were some negative things they traded?
Diseases, slaves, and enslaved species
Silk, jewels, plants, coffee, and animals
What did they trade in the silk road?
Cloth, clothing, ivory, enslaved people, jewels, metal, silk, and spices
Animals, shoes, and corn
Corn, spices, seeds, and boots
What are merchants?
People who work at a store
People who make there living buying and selling goods
People who herd animals
Who are explorers?
People who are in search for new worlds and information
People who solve cases
People who eat animals
People who walk dogs
What does exploration mean?
To explore
To travel in order to discover something
To go on vacation
To go to Europe
What does political mean?
Having to do with government
Having to follow the law
Having to eat something
What are vikings?
A group of explorers from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden that sailed to North America over 1000 years ago
A group of European explorers
What does technology mean?
The use of computers, ipads, and iphones
The use of knowledge, skills, and tools
The use of the astrolabe
What does navigation mean?
The science of determining a ships location and direction
The use of tools to help you find your way
What is and astrolabe?
A tool used to look at stars
A tool used to determine how far north or south of the equator a ship was
A stethoscope
What is the meaning of merchant?
A person who hates animals
A person who hunts animals
A person who makes a living by buying and selling goods
What is the meaning of profit?
The money you have
A kind of bank
The money that is left after you subtract the costs of running a business
What was a quadrant used for?
It was used to measure the length of stars
It was used to measure latitude
It was used to measure animals
What was a ephermeris used as?
It was used as a calendar telling when you could see a certain star
It was used as a calendar to tell when birthdays are
It was used as a kind of table
