Free Printable Unit 5 Age of Exploration

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Unit 5 Age of Exploration

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

Which are the three reasons Europeans explored?

a)

God

b)

Gas

c)

Gold

d)

Glory

2.

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Italy

d)

Portugal

3.

Where did Columbus first take foot in the New World?

a)

Florida

b)

Virginia

c)

Bahamas

d)

New York

4.

How many times did Columbus sail to the New World?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

5.

What is an astrolabe?

a)

A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.

b)

A small, fast ship.

c)

A tool that shows which direction is North.

d)

None of the above.

6.

What is a caravel?

a)

A small, fast ship.

b)

A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.

c)

A tool that shows which direction is North.

d)

All of the above.

7.

A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

a)

epidemic

b)

encomienda

c)

missionary

d)

imperialism

8.

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

a)

racism

b)

colony

c)

mercantalism

d)

ethnocentric

9.

Which continents were involved in the triangle trade? Choose 3

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Asia

10.

What was brought from Africa to America during the triangle trade.

a)

enslaved people

b)

Textile, rum and manufactured goods

c)

sugar, cotton, tobacco

11.

What is results of the Columbian Exchange for Europeans. Choose 4

a)

Food supply increases

b)

Population increases

c)

Colonial trading posts are set up.

d)

Culture and religion spread

e)

The Europeans quickly died from disease

12.

Which continent did the Portuguese sail around to get to India?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

South America

13.

Which of the following best helped Martin Luther's ideas reach other parts of Europe?

a)

The Bible

b)

The printing press

c)

Church Hierarchy

d)

The Diet of Worms

14.

In his attempt to reform the Catholic Church, what did Martin Luther do?

a)

Bought a certificate of indulgence to be pardoned.

b)

Helped Pope Leo X rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

c)

Prepared a list of 95 arguments against indulgences.

d)

Decided to become a lawyer.

15.

Martin Luther's main complaint was against what?

a)

Inquisitions

b)

Indulgences

c)

The Bible

d)

Ice Cream

16.

What is excommunication?

a)

You are kicked out of the church for life and won't go to heaven.

b)

You are put on trial, tortured, and given a choice to convert or die.

c)

You can pay money to have your sins forgiven: ticket to heaven.

d)

You are brought up on criminal charges, accusing you of going against approved teachings/beliefs.

17.

The cultural center of Italy

a)

Milan

b)

Rome

c)

Florence

d)

Venice

18.

The central location of the Catholic Church.

a)

Milan

b)

Rome

c)

Florence

d)

Venice

19.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

written in the local language.

b)

rebirth

c)

The study of classic literature-the greeks and the romans.

d)

not subject to our bound by religious rule.

20.

What does secular mean?

a)

written in the local language.

b)

rebirth

c)

The study of classic literature-the greeks and the romans.

d)

not subject to our bound by religious rule.

21.

What does humanism mean?

a)

written in the local language.

b)

rebirth

c)

The study of classic literature-the greeks and the romans.

d)

not subject to our bound by religious rule.

22.

What does Liberal Arts mean?

a)

printing press

b)

The study of History, ethics, public speaking, grammar, poetry and music

c)

The study of classic literature-The Greeks and the Romans.

d)

not subject to our bound by religious rule.

23.

What does fresco mean?

a)

figures have depth and come alive

b)

The study of History, ethics, public speaking, grammar, poetry and music

c)

Painting done of fresh wet plaster with water based paints.

d)

not subject to our bound by religious rule.

24.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Dante

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Da Vinci

d)

Johannes Gutenburg

25.

Who was a famous playwright?

a)

Dante

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Da Vinci

d)

Johannes Gutenburg

26.

He is best known for painting Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Known as the Renaissance Man?

a)

Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Dante

d)

Ralphiel

27.

What two countries led the Age of Exploration?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Ireland

d)

Sweden

28.

How did Vasco da Gama change the way Europeans viewed the world?

a)

He demonstrated that the world is round.

b)

He claimed land in South America for Portugal.

c)

He showed that goods could be brought from India by ship.

d)

He proved that it was possible to sail around the tip of South America.

29.

Who fought in the Hundred Years' War?

a)

England and the U.S.

b)

England and France

c)

France and Spain

d)

Germany and France

30.

Why was the longbow significant?

a)

It could shoot far distances

b)

It could shoot arrows that were able to penetrate a knight's armor

31.

Who led the French to victory in a battle at Orleans?

a)

King Henry III

b)

King Edward I

c)

Joan of Arc

32.

In what year did Constantinople fall?

a)

570

b)

1588

c)

1453

d)

1095

33.

Which of the following statements are true about the fall of Constantinople?

a)

It was sacked by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II

b)

Its fall drove many Classical scholars to migrate to Asia

c)

Its fall was aided by an earlier attack by Christian crusaders

d)

Its fall marks the beginning of the Renaissance in Europe

34.

Who pictured here is considered the Father of Humanism?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Petrarch

d)

Shakespeare

35.

Which are true about Humanism?

a)

It celebrated individual human potential and creativity

b)

It included the study of art, literature, poetry, and politics

c)

It was not overly concerned with Truth or Beauty

d)

Its study did not require a knowledge of Classical texts

36.

Which Renaissance artist is best known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpting the statue of David?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Machiavelli

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Shakespeare

e)

Raphael

37.

Which Renaissance artist is best known for painting the Mona Lisa and Last Supper?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Machiavelli

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Shakespeare

e)

Raphael

38.

Which Renaissance scientist developed the first telescopes, tested the laws of motion, and asserted a heliocentric model of the solar system?

a)

Galileo

b)

Copernicus

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Isaac Newton

e)

Aristotle

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