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WorksheetsAge of Exploration - Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a caravel?
A small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries.
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction north.
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun.
An economy where increasing exports and reducing imports to build a nation’s power.
What does a compass do?
It measures the positions of the stars or sun.
It shows the direction north using a magnetized pointer.
It is a small, fast sailing ship.
It is an economy where increasing exports and reducing imports to build a nation’s power.
What is an astrolabe used for?
Measuring the positions of the stars or sun.
Drawing or producing maps.
Showing the direction north.
Connecting different parts of the world.
Who is a cartographer?
A person who measures the positions of the stars or sun.
A person who draws or produces maps.
A person who sails small, fast ships.
A person who connects different parts of the world.
What is mercantilism?
An economy where increasing exports and reducing imports to build a nation’s power.
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun.
A small, fast sailing ship.
A person who draws or produces maps.
What is globalization?
When different parts of the world become more connected.
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction north.
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun.
A small, fast sailing ship.
What is the action of establishing control over an area and its people called?
Slavery
Colonization
Columbian Exchange
Exploration
What is the system where people are treated as property?
Colonization
Columbian Exchange
Slavery
Exploration
What was the exchange of diseases, plants, animals, religion and humans between the old world and new world called?
Colonization
Slavery
Columbian Exchange
Exploration
Who played a large role in Portugal's influence in the Age of Exploration?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
Which Italian explorer landed in the Bahamas and began the colonization of the Americas?
John Cabot
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Which Italian explorer accidentally discovered land in Canada?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Prince Henry
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the shape of the sails of the caravels that made the ships move more quickly and efficiently?
circular
triangular
rectangular
Where did Christopher Columbus actually land when he arrived in the New World?
Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago
The Bahamas
Which explorer actually discovered Newfoundland in Canada a few hundred years before John Cabot
Leif Eriksson
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando De Soto
