WorksheetsEuropean Explorers Unit Test (PART ONE)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
Which word means - an adventure story told about brave deeds.
scurvy
monarch
saga
biography
Which word means - managing goods and services for financial reasons
navigation
Renaissance
political
economical
Which word means - relating to the government
saga
cartographer
political
economical
Which word means - a sickness
saga
scurvy
catographer
monarch
Which word means - an age of thought, learning, art & science
Modern Era
Renaissance Era
Space Era
Moody Era
Which word means - the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship
Political
Economical
Monarch
Navigation
Which word means - map maker
Cartographer
Carpenter
Sailor
Acrchitect
Which word means - a government with kings or queens
Democracy
Monarch
Dictatorship
Freedom
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in what is now considered
Iceland
United States
Canada
Greenland
Who was the first European to land in the Americas?
Leif Erickson
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Marco Polo
Why did it take Europeans 274 years to finally want to travel to the unknown lands?
They didn't have maps
They thought there were sea monsters
Their ships were slow
All of these answers
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted _____________.
silk, spices, and gold
clocks, mirrors, and beads
wood, sea shells, and silver
vegetables, spices, and fruit
Trade between Europe and Asia stopped when the Turks captured _______.
Roanoke
Rome
Damascus
Constantinople
How did this capture of Constantinople encourage exploration?
It opened up trade routes
They realized they didn't need maps
This cut off trade routes so they wanted to find another route to Asia
They didn't care to explore the unknown
Who landed in Americas in 1492 but thought it was the Indies?
Leif Erickson
Christopher Columbus
Americo Vespuci
Marco Polo
While sailing the unknown, why were Columbus's sailors ready for mutiny?
They saw native peoples
They were competing with other sailors to get to Asia first
They were fighting over gold
They didn't think Columbus had a good plan
Where did Columbus first land?
Bahamas
South Carolina
Greenland
Spain
Who found present-day Rio De Janerio?
Leif Erickson
Amerigo Vespuci
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
After his travels, how did Vespucci encourage more exploration
He funded ships to explore the unknown
He became king of Portugal
He recruited and trained other navigators
He wasn't able to encourage others because he died on his voyage.
Why did John Cabot want to explore?
to find Northwest passage
to find America
to find gold
to find oceans
Who was John Cabot compared to?
Leif Erickson
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
What did John Cabot find?
Fur
Sea Monsters
Cod-fishing Grounds
Asia
