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Explorers Unit 23-24

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would have gotten GOLD for the explorers?

a)

natural resources (spices, silks, furs)

b)

food

c)

water

d)

work

2.

Choose the country that was NOT sending explorers to the New World.

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Japan

d)

Spain

3.

Which religion were explorers bringing to the new world?

a)

they did not bring religion to the new world

b)

Christianity/Catholicism

4.

True/false: Some explorers forced native people in the New World to believe their religion.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

True/false: Many native people in the New World died because the explorers brought diseases that they couldn't recover from.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

true/false: The Age of Exploration was good for the native people of the New World.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Who paid for most of the expeditions during the Age of Exploration?

a)

the explorers' brothers

b)

townspeople in the explorers' hometowns

c)

the sailors who joined the ships

d)

kings and queens of Old World countries

8.

Why was it called the Age of Exploration?

a)

all the countries were the same age

b)

all the explorers were the same age

c)

no one was exploring anything

d)

lots of people were exploring for god, gold, and glory

9.

Which explorer used the land route to Asia, the Silk Road, to explore?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

John Cabot

10.

Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Jacques Cartier

11.

Who landed in Canada and explored for England?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Juan Pardo

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernando de Soto

12.

Who explored for Spain and came to South Carolina looking for native peoples and their riches?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

John Cabot

c)

Marco Polo

13.

Where did Christopher Columbus think he landed when he was actually in the New World?

a)

the Bahamas

b)

Spain

c)

Japan

14.

Who claimed land in the New World for France?

a)

Hernano de Soto

b)

Hernán Cortez

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Juan Pardo

15.

What was the land route to Asia that Marco Polo traveled on across Europe and Asia?

a)

the Silk Road

b)

the Gravel Road

c)

the Atlantic Ocean

d)

the Northwest Passage

16.

Which ocean did Christopher Columbus and the explorers after him use as a water route to try to get to Asia?

a)

the Atlantic ocean

b)

the Indian ocean

c)

the Pacific ocean

d)

the Arctic ocean

17.

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:

a)

the Northwest Passage

b)

the Southeast Passage

c)

the Silk Road

d)

the Atlantic ocean

18.

Which two continents are part of the New World?

a)

North America and Antarctica

b)

North America and South America

c)

South America and Africa

d)

Europe and Asia

19.

True/false: Henry Woodward came to South Carolina to explore the coast and establish Charleston settlement.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

True/false: Juan Pardo came to South Carolina to establish Fort San Felipe and Santa Elena.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

True/false: Hernando de Soto came to South Carolina to find the native peoples and take their riches.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Who were North AMERICA and South AMERICA named after????

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Santa Clause

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

George Washington