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WorksheetsAge of Exploration, trade and colonization test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Sail or travel all the way around the world.
exploration
traverse
Silk Road
circumnavigate
The action of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
traverse
Silk Road
colonization
circumnavigate
The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.
exploration
traverse
Silk Road
Marine Silk Road
What is this technology from the age of exloration?
compass
sextant
octant
astrolabe
What technology shown here helped sailors navigate?
gunpowder
chronometer
astrolabe
compass
Where did Portuguese explorers mostly sail?
North America
England
Asia
South America
Where did Spanish explorers mostly sail?
Asia
Americas
England
India
At the beginning, what was the purpose of Portuguese explorations?
trade
colonization
sailing
catch animals
What was the Spanish Empire wanting to do with their explorations?
trade
colonization
catch animals
sailing
Who's writings inspired future explorers?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and he discovered what he thought was India, but it was actually the Caribbean?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Why was Prince Henry known as “the Navigator?”
Henry owned a globe when many people thought the world was flat.
helped unlock the secrets of Africa
he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa.
Henry believed that Africa was not infinite and that if his sailors could circumnavigate the continent;
In the 1400s, the first Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?
finding a water route to India’s spices
finding natives who would trade with them
finding slaves who could be sold in other lands
finding a new world that no European had ever seen
Who was the Portuguese explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
A new type of ship that was strong, maneuverable, and able to sail against the wind
Pirate Ship
Caravel
Canoe
Viking Boat
Why did Europeans begin to explore?
They wanted a new route instead of the Silk Road
a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper
Europeans wanted to spread Christianity
all of the above
The word means to take advantage of
circumvent
conquer
revenge
exploit
What affected natives? Select all that applies
disease
slavery
colonization
wealth
Which continent exported slaves, salt, and ivory?
Asia
England
America
Africa
What was valuable in Asia
Spices and cattle
Cattle, spices, and tea
Silk, spices, and tea
Tea, ivory, and spices
Which European nation had the friendliest relationship with the natives?
England
France
Spanish
Netherlands
