Worksheets12- Age of Exploration Full
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why did Europeans travel outside of the Mediterranean Sea?
To escape from the Mediterranean Sea wars
Primarily to earn money through trade
To find a shortcut to the East
To attend a convention
Who was Prince Henry?
A Portuguese prince known for his role in exploring the African coast
An English poet that inspired Shakespeare
A German philosopher who inspired Martin Luther
A famous Italian chef who first discovered the use for tomatoes
Why did Columbus believe he could sail west, while most people disagreed?
He thought the Earth was extra windy once you get halfway across the ocean
He believed the Earth was covered in impassable mountains and deserts, except in the west
He believed the Earth was smaller than it actually is, and he underestimated the distance to Asia
He thought the Earth was flat and he could reach Asia quickly
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Who first called the newly discovered continents “the new world”?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
The first captain whose ship circumnavigated the world
A French philosopher who inspired the Protestant Reformation
An Italian mathematician who calculated the circumference of the world
A Serbian scientist who proved the earth revolves around the sun
Who conquered the Aztec Empire? Who conquered the Inca Empire?
How was Spain affected by the fall of the Aztecs and Inca?
What does mestizo mean?
Why did the Portuguese finally colonize Brazil years after discovering it?
They needed land to expand their sugar plantations, and had recently lost their Asian territories
Why couldn’t the Europeans treat Asians the same as Native Americans?
Asians were familiar with European tactics, and were not susceptible to European diseases
The language barrier was too great to be overcome
Asian cultures were generally closed off to outsiders
Reaching Asia was too difficult to mount any sort of military action
What killed the largest amount of Native Americans?
Why did Europeans generally believe it was ok to mistreat Native Americans?
They believed Native Americans were not truly human, or were demons
They wanted the land and didn't much care that anyone already lived there
They were simply following orders from their leaders
Why did the New World challenge the Christian viewpoint?
It called certain biblical stories into question, like the Great Flood
Christianity taught the world was flat
The New World convinced many that the earth revolves around the sun
The introduction of Native religions brought European converts away from Christianity
