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WorksheetsUnit 5 Age of Exploration Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 7hrs 45mins
What did the Age of Exploration Lead to the rise of?
Modern Capitalism
Modern Communism
Global Conflict
None of the above
Which of the following were new inventions that assisted in exploration?
Compass
Astrolabe
Better sails and maps
All Answers
True or False: The increase in wealth and currency developed due to gold and silver flowing into Europe
True
False
Match: Enable large and small investors to share profits and risks of a trading voyage
Mercantilism
Commercial Revolution
Joint Stock Companies
Entrepreneurs
Mercantilism is measured by...
The amount of colonies owned
The amount of bullion (gold and silver)
The amount of explorers a country had
The amount of land in a country
True or False: The Columbian Exchange is a global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and people during the colonization of the Americas
True
False
Which of the following are PROS to the expansion of trade?
Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.
Decline of Native American Population and Africans sent as slaves
Which of the following are CONS to the expansion of trade?
Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.
Decline of Native American population and Africans sent as slaves
Which European was the FIRST to sail around the tip of Africa?
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Francis Drake
Bartolomeu Dias
Who was the first European to sail to INDIA by going around Africa?
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Who was the first Explorer to cross the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Which Explorer traveled the world (circumnavigated) and mapped out possible Colonial Points?
Robert de la Salle
Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
True or False: The Incan Government was NOT similar to the Roman Empire
True
False
Describe what the Incas with their dead
Mummification
Ancestors buried underneath their families' homes
Both Answers
No Answers
What type of farming did the Incas invent?
Commercial Farming
Subsistence Farming
Slash and Burn Agriculture
Terrace Gardening
True or False: Terrace Gardening reduced erosion and prevented runoff from rainwater
True
False
Which of the following are examples of punishments in the Incan Empire?
Getting thrown off a cliff
Getting stoned
Hands/Feet cut off
All Answers
Which civilization is known as the "Mother Civilization?"
Incan
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
What type of government did the Olmecs have?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
Democracy
The Social Order of the Olmecs, from most to least powerful, is: Priests, Merchants/Craftspeople, and Farmers
True
False
Which of the following is an Olmec accomplishment?
First people to use the number Zero
Terrace Gardening
Giant Stone Heads
Panpipes
True or False: INCAS were considered the mother civilization because they directly influenced the Mesoamerican groups that followed.
True
False
Cenotes were important to the Mayas because...
They were where the dead was buried
They were crucial for farming
They were believed to be a way to communicate with the gods
They were where the Mayas built their homes
What type of government did the Mayas live in?
Theocracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Democracy
Which of the following was the capital of Mexica?
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Tlatelolco
Coatepec
Which religious practice was extremely important to and practiced by the Aztecs?
Idol Worship
Human Sacrifice
Animal Sacrifice
Giving Offerings
What day was the world supposed to end according to the Mayan calendar?
January 1, 2000
December 21, 2012
August 7, 1987
September 15, 2043
