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WorksheetsEuropean Exploration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which Viking explorer was first to come to North America?
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
Leif Erikkson
Amerigo Vespucci
From which three countries did the Vikings come?
Netherlands, Germany, England
Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Ireland, Russia, Spain
Africa, Portugal, Austalia
Who is Leif Eriksson's father?
Darth Vader
Eric the Green
Eric the Red
Henry the Navigator
Which area in Canada did Leif Eriksson explore?
British Columbia
Northwest Territory
Victoria Island
Newfoundland
What physical features did the Vikings see in this new land (choose 3)
forests
meadows
rivers
tropical forests
What were two reasons that the Vikings left the area in North America?
the threat of attacks by Native Americans
They didn't like the climate
It was too far away from other Viking settlements
Europeans wanted to explore the new world to find Asian spices, for religious reasons, and they were interested in Asian Cultures.
True
False
Which country led the way for exploration in the 1400s?
Spain
England
Turkey
Portugal
Who was the main leader in helping build a navigation school, taught better methods of sailing, and paid for expeditions?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus's trip across the Atlantic Ocean?
King Henry VIII
Princess Leah
Moctezuma II
Queen Isabella and King Ferninand
Christopher Columbus was searching for Asia when he discovered the Bahamas and Hispaniola where he named the Native Americans "Indians" due to his belief that he had reached Asia (the Indies).
True
False
The Americas were named by a German map maker in honor of Amerigo Vespucci who figured out the Americas were not Asia but in fact, a "new world."
True
False
Which explorer traveled through thick jungle and deadly swamps near Panama in search of the Pacific Ocean?
Ponce De Leon
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Rocky Balboa
Amerigo Vespuccio
Which explorer traveled around the tip of South America into the Pacific Ocean and his crew of sailors was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Ponce de Leon
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo VesPUUUCCIII
What is the term for the exchange of plants and animals from the Americas to Africa, Europe, and Asia, and was named after Columbus?
The Silk Highway
The Columbian Exchange
The Yellow Brick Road
The Columbus Highway
One devastating effect for Native Americans due to the European explorers reaching the Americans was that 10% of the Native population died from diseases.
True
False
Moctezuma II was the leader of the_____________
Incas
Tainos
Cubans
Aztecs
Spanish Explorers brought ___________and _________back to Europe from the Americas (Choose 2).
Gold
Silver
Disease
Horses
Spanish explorers were able to defeat the Aztecs and Incas easily due to the following
A. Spanish steel armor and weapons
B. Spanish horses
C. European diseases
D. Spanish alliancees with Aztec and Inca enemies
All are true (A,B,C,D)
What is the term for the system that gave settlers the right to tax local Natives and force them to work?
The Columbian Exchage
The triangular trade system
The New Fair Deal
The Encomienda System
What did Martin Luther post to show his displeasure with the Catholic Church?
95 theses/opinions
Bible Passages
Addresses of the priests
Angry drawings
What machine helped spread the ideas of the Reformation, and allowed people to read and interpret the Bible on their own?
The Spinning Jenny
The Astrolabe
The copy machine
The Printing Press
What was the goal of the Northwest Passage?
To track the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
To find a water route through N. America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
To find a passage near in Panama that leads from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean
To find a pasage through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
Conflicts often took place between __________and ___________which often led to civil war.
Muslims and Christians
Native Americans and Europeans
Protestants and Explorers
Protestants and Catholics
Which colony did Sir Walter Raleigh begin where all the settlers mysteriously disappeared?
Virginia
Plymouth
Roanoke
Tenochtitan
