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Exploration review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The New World countries in Europe were _________, ________, ________.

a)

England, France, Spain

b)

France, South Carolina, Florida

c)

England, Spain, Italy

d)

France, Italy, Texas

2.

________ ________ traveled on the Silk Road.

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

John Cabot

3.

The 3 reasons for exploration were Gold, _______, and Glory

a)

Riches

b)

Land

c)

God

d)

Maps

4.

Marco Polo wrote a ________ about his travels to Asia

a)

newspaper

b)

book

c)

poem

d)

song

5.

Who named the natives Indians because he thought he was in India (part of Asia)?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Sacajawea

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

6.

John Cabot claimed land in the New World for ______.

a)

Asia

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

England

7.

North and South America were known as the ___________.

a)

New World

b)

Old World

c)

Asia

d)

Wilderness Road

8.

Hernan Cortez was kind to the natives, and he traded peacefully with them.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Jacques Cartier helped create a French settlement in _____________.

a)

Florida

b)

Asia

c)

Canada

d)

California

10.

All the explorers were trying to find the ___________ Passage which was a shorter trade route to Asia.

a)

Southwest

b)

Wilderness

c)

Silk

d)

Northwest

11.

Explorers were sent to make _________ of the new places they explored.

a)

peace

b)

maps

c)

fun

d)

settles

12.

Old and New World countries wanted to build lasting __________ in new places they explored.

a)

memories

b)

settlements

c)

photos

d)

crafts

13.

Explorers kept searching for a ______ that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

a)

portal or passage

b)

mountain or river

c)

passage or river

d)

telephone line

14.

Francisco Coronado and Hernando deSoto were known as __________ Conquistadors

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Italian

d)

American

15.

English explorers brought the _______ system to South Carolina.

a)

relaxing

b)

money

c)

beach

d)

plantation

16.

Henry Hudson and the Dutch helped find the settlement called_____ ______.

a)

New York

b)

Myrtle Beach

c)

New Mexico

d)

Northwest Passage

17.

Daniel Boone helped find the _________ Road in Kentucky.

a)

Asian

b)

Silk

c)

Wilderness

d)

King Charles

18.

Which two men were hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Henry and Henry

b)

Lewis and Clark

c)

Daniel and Sacagawea

d)

Henry and Daniel

19.

Sacagawea helped the men in the Corps of Discovery travel peacefully among native tribes.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

All the explorers had economic, social, and political motivations to _____.

a)

learn

b)

eat

c)

fight

d)

explore