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Unit 5 Age of Exploration Test

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 7hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Age of Exploration Lead to the rise of?

a)

Modern Capitalism

b)

Modern Communism

c)

Global Conflict

d)

None of the above

2.

Which of the following were new inventions that assisted in exploration?

a)

Compass

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Better sails and maps

d)

All Answers

3.

True or False: The increase in wealth and currency developed due to gold and silver flowing into Europe

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Match: Enable large and small investors to share profits and risks of a trading voyage

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Commercial Revolution

c)

Joint Stock Companies

d)

Entrepreneurs

5.

Mercantilism is measured by...

a)

The amount of colonies owned

b)

The amount of bullion (gold and silver)

c)

The amount of explorers a country had

d)

The amount of land in a country

6.

True or False: The Columbian Exchange is a global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and people during the colonization of the Americas

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following are PROS to the expansion of trade?

a)

Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.

b)

Decline of Native American Population and Africans sent as slaves

8.

Which of the following are CONS to the expansion of trade?

a)

Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.

b)

Decline of Native American population and Africans sent as slaves

9.

Which European was the FIRST to sail around the tip of Africa?

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

10.

Who was the first European to sail to INDIA by going around Africa?

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Francisco Pizarro

11.

Who was the first Explorer to cross the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Jacques Cartier

12.

Which Explorer traveled the world (circumnavigated) and mapped out possible Colonial Points?

a)

Robert de la Salle

b)

Francis Drake

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco de Gama

13.

True or False: The Incan Government was NOT similar to the Roman Empire

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Describe what the Incas with their dead

a)

Mummification

b)

Ancestors buried underneath their families' homes

c)

Both Answers

d)

No Answers

15.

What type of farming did the Incas invent?

a)

Commercial Farming

b)

Subsistence Farming

c)

Slash and Burn Agriculture

d)

Terrace Gardening

16.

True or False: Terrace Gardening reduced erosion and prevented runoff from rainwater

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following are examples of punishments in the Incan Empire?

a)

Getting thrown off a cliff

b)

Getting stoned

c)

Hands/Feet cut off

d)

All Answers

18.

Which civilization is known as the "Mother Civilization?"

a)

Incan

b)

Olmec

c)

Maya

d)

Aztec

19.

What type of government did the Olmecs have?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Democracy

20.

The Social Order of the Olmecs, from most to least powerful, is: Priests, Merchants/Craftspeople, and Farmers

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which of the following is an Olmec accomplishment?

a)

First people to use the number Zero

b)

Terrace Gardening

c)

Giant Stone Heads

d)

Panpipes

22.

True or False: INCAS were considered the mother civilization because they directly influenced the Mesoamerican groups that followed.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Cenotes were important to the Mayas because...

a)

They were where the dead was buried

b)

They were crucial for farming

c)

They were believed to be a way to communicate with the gods

d)

They were where the Mayas built their homes

24.

What type of government did the Mayas live in?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

25.

Which of the following was the capital of Mexica?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Mexico City

c)

Tlatelolco

d)

Coatepec

26.

Which religious practice was extremely important to and practiced by the Aztecs?

a)

Idol Worship

b)

Human Sacrifice

c)

Animal Sacrifice

d)

Giving Offerings

27.

What day was the world supposed to end according to the Mayan calendar?

a)

January 1, 2000

b)

December 21, 2012

c)

August 7, 1987

d)

September 15, 2043