WorksheetsAge of Exploration
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What were some reasons for European exploration?
God, Glory, Gold
Timber
Slaves
Women
Who/what was Zheng He
Chinese naval admiral
Chinese flute dancer
Chinese Corporation
Chinese army general
What was the closed country policy?
They caught a deadly disease and quarantined.
Japan went into debt, limited government spending
Shoguns sealed Japans borders.
Lasted 100 years
What did England export?
salt, fruit, wines
manufactured goods
bills of exchange
sugar, molasses, fruit
Whose crew was the first to sail across the world?
Columbus
Magellan
Pizzaro
de Gama
What was never seen in Europe before the Columbian exchange?
pigs
wheat
cows
Pumpkin
Jacques Cartier was from which country?
France
Spain
Italy
England
Who was the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?
Balboa
Hudson
Coronado
Hernan Cortes
What was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado searching for?
Fountain of Youth
7 states of Gold
7 cities of Gold
Power
What was Juan Ponce de Leon searching for?
7 cities of gold
7 states of gold
Women
Fountain of Youth
Where were the Vikings from, and where did they land?
Germany,
Texas
Sardinia,
New York
Scandinavia,
New Foundland
Scandinavia,
New Finland
Who was John Cabot sent by, and what was he looking for?
England, looking for route to Asia
France, looking for gold
Spain, looking to spread Christianity
Prussia, looking for land
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Italian sent by France
Italian sent by China
Italian sent by Spain
Italian sent by Ethiopia
Who was the first European to reach the pacific through the New World?
Sir Cartier
Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What did Robert LaSalle accomplish?
Building churches from the Great Lakes
Building forts from the Great Lakes
Conquer natives in the area of California
Enslaved natives
Who claimed the Hudson Bay?
Henry Hudson
Hunter Hudson
Paul
Hudson
Hudson
Hudson
What were some Ming rules?
Trading not allowed anywhere
Trading only allowed in certain places
Trading allowed anywhere
Military must be fluent in Mingese
What two Asian countries were Europeans looking to trade with?
Vietnam and China
Korea and India
Japan and China
Russia and Mongolia
What was the easternmost city de Gama reached?
Macau
Nagasaki
Seville
Malacca
How could a nation increase wealth according to mercantilism.
It should sell more goods than it buys
It should buy more goods than it sells
It should center its wealth in the government
Small group of people held 80% of wealth
What nation did Prince Henry the Navigator help to take the lead in overseas exploration?
the Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
England
What was Vasco de Gama's major accomplishment?
He conquered the spice islands
He was the first to sail around Africa to India
He was the first to sail to China
He discovered the Philippine Islands
The (a) was an important development in navigation because it was able to sail against the wind.
