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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which country funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New World."
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
Italy
d)
England
2.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Magellan
b)
Drake
c)
Columbus
d)
da Gama
3.
This country DID NOT send explorers to the New World.
a)
Netherlands
b)
Italy
c)
England
d)
France
4.
What does circumnavigate mean?
a)
To move the sails in a circular motion
b)
To use circles to locate key areas on a map.
c)
To travel in a circle from one area and back
d)
To travel completely around the earth
5.
What early explorers were most interested in finding?
a)
Water routes to the New World
b)
Water routes to Africa's west coast
c)
Water routes to Asia
d)
Water routes to the Middle East
6.

An instrument used by sailors to observe the position of the stars.

a)

Compass

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Lateen

d)

Caravel

7.

Small, fast ship with a broad bow.

a)

Caravel

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Compass

d)

Yacht

8.
How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the Age of Exploration?
a)
He invented the astrolabe so explorers could sail further into the ocean.
b)
He was the first to sail around Africa leading to a trade route by water to India.
c)
He developed a school of navigation that prepared future explorers with the necessary skills.
d)
He was the first European to discover the New World leading to wave of explorers looking to wealth.
9.

This Explorer was the first to establish an Indian trade route by sailing south around the Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernan Cortez

10.

Which explorer sailed west in an attempt to reach Asia more quickly, but arrived in the Americas instead?

a)

Drake

b)

Magellan

c)

Da Gama

d)

Columbus

11.
Who did Hernan Cortes fight against? 
a)
The Aztecs in Mexico 
b)
The Incas in South America 
c)

The Mayans in Central America

d)

The Muslims in Spain

12.
Examine the map; why do you think the countries of Spain, Portugal, France, and the United Kingdom were best suited for exploration during the time?
a)
These countries were surrounded by the sea which made exploration easier
b)
These countries had the most money to spend on expensive voyages
c)
These countries wanted to find religious freedom in the New World
d)
These countries were trying to escape the spread of Asian rule
13.
Which was NOT a reason explorers were interested in exploring the Americas?
a)
To find a new route to Asia
b)
To claim land for their country
c)
To find gold and other riches
d)
To find weapons
14.
Why did Europeans want spices from Asia?
a)
Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.
b)
Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.
c)
Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incenses.
d)
all of the above
15.

A horrible disease that was spread by Europeans and killed millions of Native Americans:

a)

Scurvy

b)

Small Pox

c)

Covid 19

d)

Astrolabe

16.

The path explorers were trying to find through North America to get to Asia (That didn’t exist) was called:

a)

The Atlantic Passage

b)

The Northwest Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

The Middle Passage

17.

What were the name of the Spanish soldiers that colonized South America and took over lands of the Mayas, Aztec and Incas? 

a)

Tainos

b)

Redcoats

c)

Conquistadors

d)

The Rough Riders

18.

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

a)

SPAIN & PORTUGAL

b)

ENGLAND & FRANCE

c)

GERMANY & AUSTRIA

19.

What are Mestizos?

a)

A mix of American & European heritage

b)

A mix of American & Native heritage

c)

A mix of Mexican & European heritage

20.

The New World was named after this explorer.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

21.

Bartholomeu Dias proved that it was possible to

a)

find a water route to India.

b)

travel from Portugal to India.

c)

circumnavigate Africa when he reached the southern tip of the continent

d)

create the most sophisticated maps of their time.

22.

Who was the Portuguese explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Vasco de Gama

23.

Why did Europeans begin to explore?

a)

They wanted a new route instead of the Silk Road

b)

a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper

c)

Europeans wanted to spread Christianity

d)

all of the above

24.

Large Dutch corporation during the Age of Exploration, aided in trade of goods from the new world as well as ship building

a)
Spanish West India Company
b)
French East India Company
c)
Portuguese East India Company
d)
Dutch East India Company
25.

What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

a)
The transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries.
b)
The establishment of trade routes in the Pacific Ocean
c)
The migration of Europeans to the Americas
d)
The exchange of goods between Europe and Africa
26.

What does the graphic represent?

a)

5 Classes of people in New Spain

b)

Settlements established by the conquistadors

c)

Types of people who supported exploration

d)

Types of people who supported Portuguese

27.

What did the French want to establish in the Americas?

a)

Slave trade

b)

Communities

c)

Mines

d)

Fur trade

28.

Who named Florida?

a)

Hernando Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Henry Hudson

29.

Why did the Americas begin to use African slaves?

a)

Disease had killed millions of the Native Americans

b)

Aztecs and Incas refused to work

c)

African slaves were cheaper than Native American slaves

d)

They were afraid of the Native Americans

30.

Which European country controlled most of present day Canada?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Netherlands

31.

Individuals who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to America and eventual freedom.

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Puritans

c)

Colonists

d)

Cavaliers

32.

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies and the American colonies, characterized by horrendous conditions for enslaved Africans.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangle Trade

c)

Colonial Workforce

d)

Indentured Servitude

33.

A system of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that included the exchange of goods, slaves, and raw materials.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Free British Trade Act

34.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

35.

Which of the following items did Europeans have, and Native Americans lack?

a)

kings

b)

religions

c)

weapons

d)

horses

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