WorksheetsAge of Exploration Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is your name?
4 lines
2.
The time period in history when many European countries sent out explorers
a)
Middle Ages
b)
Age of Exploration
3.
A person who travels in search of new places and information
a)
explorer
b)
salesman
c)
archaeologist
4.
Tools that helped explorers know what direction they were traveling
a)
Iphone and XBOX
b)
compass and astrolabe
5.
The first group of people to live in a specific area
a)
visitors
b)
explorers
c)
natives
6.
An object made by humans in the past
a)
artifact
b)
artificial
c)
fossil
7.
What skills did an explorer need to have?
a)
internet safety, hunting, archery, coding
b)
read a map, use a compass, use an astrolabe, read sky for weather clues, write in journal
8.
An illness caused by lack of nutrients in the body
a)
influenza
b)
Covid-19
c)
scurvy
9.
What were the four main European countries that sent out explorers?
a)
Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada
b)
Italy, Spain, France, England
c)
Italy, Spain France, America
10.
What was one reason why countries sent out explorers?
a)
quicker route to Berlin
b)
quicker route to Asia
c)
compete with China
11.
Which of the following was NOT a food explorers ate on the ships?
a)
Hot Pocket
b)
salted meat
c)
dried peas
12.
Why were beavers important to Europeans?
a)
they were sacred to the Native Americans
b)
keep them as pets
c)
They wanted to sell them back in Europe as hats etc. to make money
13.
What did Europeans set up along the new waterways they explored?
a)
trading posts
b)
Target
c)
Trader Joes
14.
What country did Columbus sail for?
a)
France
b)
Spain
15.
What new land did Columbus explore?
a)
Plymouth Rock
b)
Caribbean Islands
16.
What country did Hudson sail for?
a)
England
b)
France
17.
What new land did Hudson explore?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Hudson River
c)
Delaware River
18.
What country did Verazzano sail for?
a)
Italy
b)
France
19.
What new land did Verazzano explore?
a)
Caribbean Islands
b)
New York Harbor
20.
What country did Champlain sail for?
a)
America
b)
Canada
c)
France
21.
What new land did Champlain explore?
a)
Lake Champlain
b)
Hudson Bay
22.
What country did Cartier sail for?
a)
England
b)
France
23.
What new land did Cartier explore?
a)
St. Lawrence River
b)
Lake Champlain
24.
What explorer wanted to prove the earth was round?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Samuel de Champlain
25.
Which explorer was abandoned by his crew?
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Henry Hudson
26.
Which explorer has a lake named after him?
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Samuel de Champlain
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