WorksheetsAge of Exploration Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Age of Exploration
a)
500 - 400 BCE
b)
1100 - 1300 CE
c)
1400 - 1600 CE
d)
2000 - 2023 CE
2.
How were exotic goods such as silk and spices transported to Europe BEFORE the Age of Exploration?
a)
Goods didn't arrive until after the Age of Exploration
b)
Silk Road
c)
By ship from the New World
d)
By ship from the Old World
3.
Why did the Ottoman Empire stop goods from coming into Europe when they took control of the Silk Road?
a)
Europe couldn't pay for them
b)
Couldn't get products anymore
c)
Supply chain issues
d)
They were still salty about the Crusades
4.
Which was NOT one of thenames of Columbus' three ships on his first voyage?
a)
Nina
b)
Santa Fe
c)
Pinta
d)
Santa Maria
5.
How did the Astrolabe change sailing?
a)
Kept sailors from getting sick
b)
Made sailing more profitable
c)
Allowed navigation without staying in view of coastline
d)
It didn't
6.
What was NOT one of the European countries that dominated the Age of Exploration?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
Norway
7.
The first sea routes to Asia for Europeans involved going around which continent?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
8.
What was Christopher Columbus trying to do by sailing westward across the Atlantic?
a)
Find a quicker route to India
b)
Find the New World
c)
Prove the world was round
d)
Find gold
9.
Who were the first Europeans to visit North America?
a)
French
b)
Vikings
c)
Spanish
d)
Paleo-Indians
10.
How did the Vikings discover America?
a)
By using an astrolabe
b)
By using a map
c)
Native Americans asked them to visit
d)
By accident
11.
Who did Christopher Columbus sail for?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
Scandinavia
12.
How did Princy Henry the Navigator contribute to the Age of Exploration?
a)
He sailed on many voyages
b)
He started a navigation school
c)
He invented the astrolabe
d)
He discovered America
13.
What are the reasons Europeans would have explored the world?
a)
money, religion, power
b)
boredom, kings demanded it
c)
brochures made it look amazing, cheap airfare
d)
everyone was doing it, requirement to get into Heaven
14.
What is a caravel?
a)
device to help navigate using the stars
b)
transfer of plants and animals between continents
c)
Portuguese ships that allowed sailing into the wind
d)
water route through North America
15.
What is an astrolabe?
a)
device to help navigate using the stars
b)
transfer of plants and animals between continents
c)
Portuguese ships that allowed sailing into the wind
d)
water route through North America
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