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The Age of Exploration

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were Sepoys?

a)

Indian militias employed by the British

b)

Portuguese navigation instruments

c)

The Chinese Dynasty following the Qing

d)

The first city the Portuguese conquered in India

2.

Which Spanish explorer was looking for India and ran into what are the present day Caribbean Islands?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Magellan

3.

Explorers from Europe sailed around the World for 3 reasons. Which of these is NOT one of those?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

Guts

4.
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. 
5.

Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Vasco de Gama

6.

What was the Muslim Empire that ruled in India called?

a)

Ottoman

b)

Mughal

c)

Asante

d)

Meccan

7.

Who took the Philippines from Portugal and used it a trade port with China

a)

The USA

b)

Great Britain

c)

Spain

d)

The Netherlands

8.

Who was Alfonso de Albequerque?

a)

The Portuguese captain who brought armed forces to take ports in the Indian Ocean

b)

The Portuguese captain who first went to the Cape of Good Hope

c)

The Portuguese Captain who first sailed to Brazil

d)

The Portuguese Captain who circumnavigated the globe

9.

What type of Empire did Portugal build?

a)

An isolationist empire

b)

A colonial empire

c)

An oppressive empire

d)

A trade empire

10.

What was the name of the Dutch Merchant business in Indonesia

a)

The Dutch Indonesian Enterprise

b)

The Dutch East India Company

c)

The Flying Dutchman

d)

New Amsterdam and Company

11.

What City did the Dutch take from Portugal in 1641?

a)

Malacca

b)

Goa

c)

Manchu

d)

Malindi

12.

In 1664 what city did the Dutch lose to the British?

a)

Goa

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

The Hague

d)

Philadelphia

13.
  1. The Mughal Empire frightened of the first European merchants?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Who ended up controlling India by the end of the 18th Century?

a)

The Netherlands

b)

The British

c)

The French

d)

The Portuguese

15.

Which manufactured goods did the Chinese desire from their European trade partners?

a)

Porcelain

b)

Tea

c)

Textiles

d)

None of the above

16.

This missionary gained the respect of the Chinese

a)

Toku Gawa

b)

Alfonso de Albequerque

c)

Matteo Ricci

d)

John Tetzel

17.

Why did the Ming Dynasty fail?

a)

They were invaded by the Manchu

b)

They rebranded as the Qing Dynasty

c)

They adopted Confucianism

d)

They lost to the Portuguese

18.

The Manchu establish which dynasty after the Ming?

a)

The De Gama

b)

The Lang

c)

The Shiang

d)

The Qing

19.

Kangxi and QIanlong are

a)

Powerful Qing Dynasty Emperors

b)

The last emperors of the Ming Dynasty

c)

The two most powerful Tokugawa Shoguns

d)

Korean Generals

20.

What were the major products the Chinese produced that Europe desired?

a)

Porcelain, Silk, Tea

b)

Porcelain, Tea, Coffee

c)

Coffee, Tea, Silk

d)

Silk, Porcelain, Weapons

21.

What policy was adopted by Korea and Japan?

a)

Transubstantiation

b)

Isolationism

c)

Antidisestablishmentarianism

d)

Imperialism

22.

Which group was able to take power in Japan after obtaining western firearms?

a)

The Qing Dynasty

b)

Samurai Warlords

c)

Tokugawa Shoguns

d)

The Manchu

23.

What happened when the first missionaries arrived in Japan

a)

They were immediately killed

b)

They were offered a meeting with the Shogun

c)

They led many to belief in Jesus

d)

They were asked to teach the new teachings of Jesus

24.

What was the triangle trade?

a)

Trade between Spain, China and India

b)

Trade between Colombia, China and Japan

c)

Trade between Africa, North America and Europe

d)

Trade between Africa, South America and North America

25.

Which East African city did the Portuguese first establish trade outposts in?

a)

Mombasa

b)

Malacca

c)

Marakesh

d)

Mozambique

26.

How did European traders get slaves?

a)

They traded finished goods for Africans captured by other Africans

b)

They captured them deep in the jungle

c)

They got them from Central Africa

d)

They got them on elaborate trade routes

27.

What did Affonso want from the Portuguese?

a)

An end to the slave trade and help modernizing

b)

More goods in exchange for slaves

c)

More modern technology and luxuries

d)

help modernizing and more luxuries

28.

What is one African Kingdom that profited and grew due to the slave trade

a)

The Goan KIngdom

b)

The Daimyo Kingdom

c)

The Asante Kingdom

d)

The Manchu Kingdom

29.
  1. Who were the Boers?

a)

Spain Conquistadors who settled in America

b)

British Soldiers who settled in India

c)

Portuguese Navigators who settled in the Philippines

d)

Dutch Farmers who settled in Cape Town

30.

What city in South Africa completed the trade empire of the Netherlands?

a)

Kenya

b)

Cape Town

c)

Mombasa

d)

Lagos

31.

Where was the Dutch East India operating?

a)

Indonesia

b)

The Spice Islands

c)

The Moluccas

d)

All of the above

32.

Who was the father of Portuguese Navigation?

a)

Vasco De Gama

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

33.

Who first sailed to the Cape of Good Hope?

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Bartolomeu Diaz

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Matteo Ricci

34.

Who first circumnavigated the globe?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco Da Gama

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

35.

How did Magellan die?

a)

Old Age

b)

Scurvy

c)

Pirates

d)

Mutiny

36.

Who sponsored Columbus's voyage to America?

a)

Ferdinand and Isabella

b)

Henry and Margarite

c)

Henry and Elizabeth

d)

Charles and Elizabeth

37.

What are the names of Columbus's ships?

a)

The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria

b)

The Pinta, The Lima, and The Santa Isabel

c)

The Nina, The Pinta, and the Mayflower

d)

The Discovery and the Albany

38.

What is an astrolabe?

a)

A fast light Portuguese ship

b)

a navigation instrument to determine direction

c)

A navigation instrument to determine latitude

d)

A map that shows trade ports

39.

Why is Amerigo Vespucci remembered?

a)

He led the first permanent settlement in Virginia

b)

America is named after him

c)

He discovered Florida

d)

He started the slave trade

40.

What divided South America into regions for each Portugal and Spain to colonize

a)

The Line of Division

b)

The Line of Tordesillas

c)

The Line of Demonstration

d)

The Line of Demarcation

41.

Name the Country

a)
France
b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

42.

Name the Country

a)
Spain
b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

43.

Name the Country

a)
Portugal
b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England

44.

Name the Country

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

45.

Name the Country

a)
Philippines
b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Indonesia

46.

Name the Country

a)
Japan
b)

Philippines

c)

Indonesia

d)

China

47.

Name the Country

a)
Indonesia
b)

Philippines

c)

Japan

d)

India

48.

Name the Country

a)
China
b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Indonesia

49.

Name the Country

a)
Kenya
b)

South Africa

c)

Egypt

d)

Nigeria

50.

Name the Country

a)
Nigeria
b)

Kenya

c)

South Africa

d)

Egypt

51.

Name the Country

a)
South Africa
b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

d)

Egypt

52.

Name the Country

a)
India
b)

China

c)

Indonesia

d)

Japan