WorksheetsStudies Weekly Newspaper Week 18 Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What best describes this picture?
a)
the Silk Road
b)
the Ottoman Empire
c)
the Age of Exploration
d)
The Columbian Exchange
2.
2. How did Spanish explorers like Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés treat the native people they found in South America?
a)
They were kind and helpful.
b)
They took their wealth.
c)
They attacked them.
d)
They forcibly conquered them even though they were cooperating.
3.
3. When they reached North America, many explorers thought they had reached ________________
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Norway
d)
Turkey
4.
4. Which is NOT an example of the three Gs?
a)
spreading Christianity
b)
increasing knowledge
c)
seeking precious metals
d)
rushing to start colonies
5.
5. Why did explorers search for a sea route to Asia?
a)
The Ottoman Empire was blocking trade.
b)
European countries wanted to expand.
c)
Missionaries wanted to convert people.
d)
Merchants needed to find new products
6.
6. What were the three Gs? Select all that apply.
a)
Graphs
b)
Glory
c)
Gold
d)
God
7.
7. Columbus found what he was looking for in his exploration.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
7. created in 1507 at the beginning of the Age of Exploration it is considered the most accurate map of that time
a)
Waldseemuller map
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Songhai Empire
d)
trade route
9.
8. Spanish soldier who explored and conquered lands around the world
a)
caravans
b)
"Indies"
c)
patrons
d)
conquistador
10.
9. trade route between Europe and “Indies"
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Silk Road
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
caravans
11.
10. what Europe called Asia in the 1400s
a)
patron
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
three Gs
d)
"Indies"
12.
11. people who pay someone for study, exploration, and art
a)
caravans
b)
conquistador
c)
Waldseemuller Map
d)
patron
13.
12. gained control of trade connections between Europe and Asia and stopped the supply of spices and other goods
a)
three Gs
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Songhai Empire
d)
Columbian Exchange
14.
13. located in Africa and traded across the Sahara in salt and gold which brought wealth. Leaders became patrons for education.
a)
Songhai Empire
b)
Waldseemuller Map
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
trade route
15.
14. an area used by merchants for economic purposes
a)
trade route
b)
caravan
c)
three Gs
d)
conquistador
16.
15. motivation for exploration: seeking precious metals (gold), spreading Christianity (God), and rushing to start colonies (glory); together gave rise to the Age of Exploration
a)
trade route
b)
caravan
c)
three Gs
d)
conquistador
17.
16. trade that began in 1492 between Spain and the Americas
a)
Silk Road
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
trade route
d)
Ottoman Empire
18.
17. Started in Mexico and was funded by Spain. Traveled through Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Oklahoma’s panhandle, and Kansas; discovered the Grand Canyon
a)
John Cabot
b)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
19.
18. Sent by France in 1534 to find a northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean. Sailed in rivers in what is now Canada
a)
John Cabot
b)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
20.
19. Accidentally traveled to South America from Portugal in 1500
a)
John Cabot
b)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
21.
20. Sponsored by England sailed through the North Atlantic to Canada in 1497
a)
John Cabot
b)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
22.
21. Came from Spain and conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519; explored central and southern Mexico
a)
John Cabot
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
23.
22. Sailed from Spain to South America 10 years after Columbus’s voyage where he found and conquered the Inca Empire
a)
John Cabot
b)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
e)
Francisco Pizarro
24.
23. What is this a map of?
a)
Aztec and Inca Empires
b)
Silk Road
c)
Waldseemuller's Map
d)
Songhai Empire
25.
24. What is this a map of?
a)
Aztec and Inca Empires
b)
Silk Road
c)
Waldseemuller's Map
d)
Songhai Empire
26.
25. What is this a map of?
a)
Aztec and Inca Empires
b)
Silk Road
c)
Waldseemuller's Map
d)
Songhai Empire
27.
26. What is this a map of?
a)
Aztec and Inca Empires
b)
Silk Road
c)
Waldseemuller's Map
d)
Songhai Empire
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