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Worksheets1.1 Geography Shapes New World Discovery
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is Geography?
The study of stars.
The study of the Earth's landscapes, environments, and people.
The study of animals.
The study of old books.
Who are Indigenous people?
People who live in Europe.
The original inhabitants of a place.
People who explore new lands.
People who make maps.
True or False: Physical geography greatly influenced how Native American tribal groups lived.
True
False
The Anasazi people, who lived in the Southwest, built amazing homes in the sides of:
Rivers
Cliffs
Lakes
Forests
What main crops did the Anasazi people grow?
Rice, wheat, and potatoes
Corn, squash, and beans
Apples, oranges, and bananas
Grapes, olives, and figs
Homes made of sun-dried bricks are called:
Teepees
Longhouses
Adobe
Chickees
What big animal was very important for food and clothing to people living on the Great Plains?
Deer
Bison (buffalo)
Beavers
Seals
What were shelters made of buffalo skins called in the Great Plains?
Hogans
Chickees
Teepees
Plank houses
People in the Northwest region built houses mostly from:
Adobe
Buffalo skins
Wood planks with cedar bark roofs
Logs covered with bark
What kind of boats did people in the Eastern Woodlands use on rivers and streams?
Large ships
Bark canoes
Rafts
Motorboats
True or False: The Southeast region had long, warm summers and mild winters, which was good for growing plants.
True
False
The Seminole people in the Southeast built homes with open sides and thatched roofs called:
Hogans
Chickees
Tepees
Caves
What terrible weather event might have caused the Anasazi people to leave their homes?
Too much rain
A terrible drought (very dry weather)
Too many trees
They wanted to explore
What is Culture?
The way people explore new places.
The social behavior, norms, and practices of a particular group of people.
The study of maps.
How people build houses.
What is Exploration?
The act of staying home.
The act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it or discover new things.
The act of making food.
The act of building houses.
The important time when Europeans began to explore new parts of the world was called the:
Stone Age
Ice Age
Age of Discovery
Modern Age
What was a big reason European explorers wanted to sail across vast oceans?
To find new animals
To find a faster trade route to Asia for spices
To build new houses
To learn new languages
Why were spices like salt, pepper and cinnamon so valuable long ago?
They were pretty to look at.
They were used to preserve food and make bad-tasting food taste better.
They were used as money.
They were easy to find.
What large ocean did Christopher Columbus sail across to reach the "New World"?
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Which year did the king and queen from Spain helped Christopher Columbus pay for his voyage?
in 2025
in 1492
in 1499
in 1605
What did Europeans start calling the land Christopher Columbus found that was new to them?
The Old World
The "New World"
Asia
India
Which countries wanted to explore and become the richest and most powerful after Columbus's success?
Germany, Italy, and Russia
Spain, France, and England
China, Japan, and India
Egypt, Greece, and Rome
John Cabot explored parts of what is now:
Mexico
South America
Canada and the United States
Africa
Juan Ponce de Leon landed in a beautiful land he named Florida. He named it this because he landed on the Spanish:
Feast of Trees
Feast of Flowers (Pascua Florida)
Day of Discovery
Festival of the Sun
What was Jacques Cartier trying to find across North America for the King of France?
A gold mine
A shortcut—a water passage to Asia
A new kind of spice
A "fountain of youth"
Which explorer's name lives on in places like the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Valley?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
True or False: Henry Hudson easily found a water route to Asia by sailing far north for England.
True
False
What is Colonization?
The process of exploring new lands.
The process of making new maps.
The process of settling among and establishing control over the original people of an area.
The process of trading goods.
True or False: Before Christopher Columbus's first voyage, mapmakers had big blank spaces on their maps because they did not know about the landmasses between Europe and Asia.
True
False
