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WorksheetsExplorers Unit 23-24
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following would have gotten GOLD for the explorers?
natural resources (spices, silks, furs)
food
water
work
Choose the country that was NOT sending explorers to the New World.
England
France
Japan
Spain
Which religion were explorers bringing to the new world?
they did not bring religion to the new world
Christianity/Catholicism
True/false: Some explorers forced native people in the New World to believe their religion.
true
false
True/false: Many native people in the New World died because the explorers brought diseases that they couldn't recover from.
true
false
true/false: The Age of Exploration was good for the native people of the New World.
true
false
Who paid for most of the expeditions during the Age of Exploration?
the explorers' brothers
townspeople in the explorers' hometowns
the sailors who joined the ships
kings and queens of Old World countries
Why was it called the Age of Exploration?
all the countries were the same age
all the explorers were the same age
no one was exploring anything
lots of people were exploring for god, gold, and glory
Which explorer used the land route to Asia, the Silk Road, to explore?
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
John Cabot
Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Who landed in Canada and explored for England?
Christopher Columbus
Juan Pardo
John Cabot
Hernando de Soto
Who explored for Spain and came to South Carolina looking for native peoples and their riches?
Hernando de Soto
John Cabot
Marco Polo
Where did Christopher Columbus think he landed when he was actually in the New World?
the Bahamas
Spain
Japan
Who claimed land in the New World for France?
Hernano de Soto
Hernán Cortez
Jacques Cartier
Juan Pardo
What was the land route to Asia that Marco Polo traveled on across Europe and Asia?
the Silk Road
the Gravel Road
the Atlantic Ocean
the Northwest Passage
Which ocean did Christopher Columbus and the explorers after him use as a water route to try to get to Asia?
the Atlantic ocean
the Indian ocean
the Pacific ocean
the Arctic ocean
Once they were in the New World and realized that it was not Asia, many explorers believed there would be a water route across North America that they could use to get to Asia. It was called the:
the Northwest Passage
the Southeast Passage
the Silk Road
the Atlantic ocean
Which two continents are part of the New World?
North America and Antarctica
North America and South America
South America and Africa
Europe and Asia
True/false: Henry Woodward came to South Carolina to explore the coast and establish Charleston settlement.
true
false
True/false: Juan Pardo came to South Carolina to establish Fort San Felipe and Santa Elena.
true
false
True/false: Hernando de Soto came to South Carolina to find the native peoples and take their riches.
true
false
Who were North AMERICA and South AMERICA named after????
Hernando de Soto
Santa Clause
Amerigo Vespucci
George Washington
