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WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
What were Sepoys?
Indian militias employed by the British
Portuguese navigation instruments
The Chinese Dynasty following the Qing
The first city the Portuguese conquered in India
Which Spanish explorer was looking for India and ran into what are the present day Caribbean Islands?
Pizarro
Cortes
Columbus
Magellan
Explorers from Europe sailed around the World for 3 reasons. Which of these is NOT one of those?
Gold
God
Glory
Guts
Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
What was the Muslim Empire that ruled in India called?
Ottoman
Mughal
Asante
Meccan
Who took the Philippines from Portugal and used it a trade port with China
The USA
Great Britain
Spain
The Netherlands
Who was Alfonso de Albequerque?
The Portuguese captain who brought armed forces to take ports in the Indian Ocean
The Portuguese captain who first went to the Cape of Good Hope
The Portuguese Captain who first sailed to Brazil
The Portuguese Captain who circumnavigated the globe
What type of Empire did Portugal build?
An isolationist empire
A colonial empire
An oppressive empire
A trade empire
What was the name of the Dutch Merchant business in Indonesia
The Dutch Indonesian Enterprise
The Dutch East India Company
The Flying Dutchman
New Amsterdam and Company
What City did the Dutch take from Portugal in 1641?
Malacca
Goa
Manchu
Malindi
In 1664 what city did the Dutch lose to the British?
Goa
New Amsterdam
The Hague
Philadelphia
The Mughal Empire frightened of the first European merchants?
True
False
Who ended up controlling India by the end of the 18th Century?
The Netherlands
The British
The French
The Portuguese
Which manufactured goods did the Chinese desire from their European trade partners?
Porcelain
Tea
Textiles
None of the above
This missionary gained the respect of the Chinese
Toku Gawa
Alfonso de Albequerque
Matteo Ricci
John Tetzel
Why did the Ming Dynasty fail?
They were invaded by the Manchu
They rebranded as the Qing Dynasty
They adopted Confucianism
They lost to the Portuguese
The Manchu establish which dynasty after the Ming?
The De Gama
The Lang
The Shiang
The Qing
Kangxi and QIanlong are
Powerful Qing Dynasty Emperors
The last emperors of the Ming Dynasty
The two most powerful Tokugawa Shoguns
Korean Generals
What were the major products the Chinese produced that Europe desired?
Porcelain, Silk, Tea
Porcelain, Tea, Coffee
Coffee, Tea, Silk
Silk, Porcelain, Weapons
What policy was adopted by Korea and Japan?
Transubstantiation
Isolationism
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Imperialism
Which group was able to take power in Japan after obtaining western firearms?
The Qing Dynasty
Samurai Warlords
Tokugawa Shoguns
The Manchu
What happened when the first missionaries arrived in Japan
They were immediately killed
They were offered a meeting with the Shogun
They led many to belief in Jesus
They were asked to teach the new teachings of Jesus
What was the triangle trade?
Trade between Spain, China and India
Trade between Colombia, China and Japan
Trade between Africa, North America and Europe
Trade between Africa, South America and North America
Which East African city did the Portuguese first establish trade outposts in?
Mombasa
Malacca
Marakesh
Mozambique
How did European traders get slaves?
They traded finished goods for Africans captured by other Africans
They captured them deep in the jungle
They got them from Central Africa
They got them on elaborate trade routes
What did Affonso want from the Portuguese?
An end to the slave trade and help modernizing
More goods in exchange for slaves
More modern technology and luxuries
help modernizing and more luxuries
What is one African Kingdom that profited and grew due to the slave trade
The Goan KIngdom
The Daimyo Kingdom
The Asante Kingdom
The Manchu Kingdom
Who were the Boers?
Spain Conquistadors who settled in America
British Soldiers who settled in India
Portuguese Navigators who settled in the Philippines
Dutch Farmers who settled in Cape Town
What city in South Africa completed the trade empire of the Netherlands?
Kenya
Cape Town
Mombasa
Lagos
Where was the Dutch East India operating?
Indonesia
The Spice Islands
The Moluccas
All of the above
Who was the father of Portuguese Navigation?
Vasco De Gama
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Who first sailed to the Cape of Good Hope?
Vasco Da Gama
Bartolomeu Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
Matteo Ricci
Who first circumnavigated the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
How did Magellan die?
Old Age
Scurvy
Pirates
Mutiny
Who sponsored Columbus's voyage to America?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Henry and Margarite
Henry and Elizabeth
Charles and Elizabeth
What are the names of Columbus's ships?
The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria
The Pinta, The Lima, and The Santa Isabel
The Nina, The Pinta, and the Mayflower
The Discovery and the Albany
What is an astrolabe?
A fast light Portuguese ship
a navigation instrument to determine direction
A navigation instrument to determine latitude
A map that shows trade ports
Why is Amerigo Vespucci remembered?
He led the first permanent settlement in Virginia
America is named after him
He discovered Florida
He started the slave trade
What divided South America into regions for each Portugal and Spain to colonize
The Line of Division
The Line of Tordesillas
The Line of Demonstration
The Line of Demarcation
Name the Country
Spain
England
Portugal
Name the Country
Portugal
England
France
Name the Country
Spain
France
England
Name the Country
England
Spain
France
Portugal
Name the Country
Japan
China
Indonesia
Name the Country
Philippines
Indonesia
China
Name the Country
Philippines
Japan
India
Name the Country
India
Japan
Indonesia
Name the Country
South Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
Name the Country
Kenya
South Africa
Egypt
Name the Country
Kenya
Nigeria
Egypt
Name the Country
China
Indonesia
Japan
