WorksheetsExploration and Navigation History
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
Cortez
Pizarro
Balboa
Magellan
Name this device used by explorers.
An astrolabe
A compass
Telescope
A sandglass timer
In the 1400s, the first Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?
finding a water route to India’s spices
finding natives who would trade with them
finding slaves who could be sold in other lands
finding a new world that no European had ever seen
Who was the Portuguese explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
Vasco de Gama
A new type of ship that was strong, maneuverable, and able to sail against the wind
Pirate Ship
Caravel
Canoe
Viking Boat
This Chinese explorer led seven voyages of exploration to places such as Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and eastern Africa.
Kangxi
Yonglo
Zheng He
Hongwu
Why did Europeans begin to explore?
They wanted a new route instead of the Silk Road
a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper
Europeans wanted to spread Christianity
all of the above
What country was first to launch large-scale voyages?
England
Portugal
Spain
Ireland
What time period influenced a new desire to find new lands?
Renaissance
WWII
Reformation
Middle Ages
Modern-day what was home to the Incan Empire?
Argentina
Peru
Honduras
Uruguay
Modern-day what was home to the Aztec Empire?
Mexico
Brazil
Paraguay
Guatemala
Whose ships returned as the first crew to circumnavigate the earth?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Nez De Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Which of the following was NOT a main motivator for European explorers?
God
Greatness
Glory
Gold
What were the 5 dominant European nations that sponsored explorers?
Portugal, England, France, Spain, and Brazil
The Netherlands, France, England, Spain, and Portugal
France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal
Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and England
What was Christopher Columbus trying to do when he accidentally found the Americas?
Find a new trade route to Italy.
Find a new trade route to India.
Find a new trade route to South Africa.
Find a new trade route to Brazil.
The last Incan king, he was killed by Francisco.
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
King Pacal
Spanish Conquistador, he conquered the Incan Empire
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
King Pacal
Spanish Conquistador, he went to Mexico in search of gold and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
King Pacal
The last Aztec emperor, he was killed in the Spanish conquest led by Cortes.
Moctezuma II
Pachacuti
Quechua
Codex
Spanish soldiers in the Americas who explored new lands, searched for gold and silver, and tried to spread Christianity.
Circumnavigate
Conquistadors
Mesoamerica
Observatories
What did the Ming do to repel the Mongol invasions?
train their military with modern weapons.
build the great wall of China
ally with the Japanese to fight the Mongols
they did not repel the Mongols, but surrendered to them.
Use the chart above and/or your knowledge of the era to answer the following question. When did the Ming dynasty begin?
After Zheng He began his voyages of exploration.
After the civil war shattered their feudal system.
After the Netherlands established a trading headquarters on Java
After the Mongols were driven out.
How did the Ming Dynasty come to power?
The dynasty arose from the artisan revolt to gain more power than they had under the Yuan Dynasty.
The dynasty arose from the disorder and weakening of the Yuan Dynasty.
The dynasty arose because the Ming military leaders overthrew the Yuan scholar-officials.
The dynasty arose because the Ming leaders were fierce Mongol fighters.
Zheng He
was great Mongol leader
was the greatest Ming emperor
defeated the Mongols in China
was a great Chinese explorer
Zheng He's treasure ships were over ____ feet long.
200
400
1,000
100
The Yuan Dynasty was established by who?
The Chinese
The Mongols
The Tibetians
The Yuanese
Who was Genghis Khan's grandson who conquered China?
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan, Jr.
Molakai Khan
Jakarta Khan
True or False. The Shogun welcomed Christianity into Japan.
True
False
Another name for Japan's "closed door policy"
Factional Strife
Isolationism
Separatist
Protectorate
What is a "daimyo" in the context of the Sengoku period?
A common soldier
A great lord
A religious leader
A foreign trader
Who would begin the reunification of Japan during the Sengoku period?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga
Minamoto Yoritomo
Who founded the Tokugawa shogunate?
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Minamoto Yoritomo
What capital city did Cortés conquer?
Chichen Itza
Cahokia
Machu Pichu
Tenochtitlán
What caused the most Native American deaths in Mexico after the arrival of Cortés?
Spanish weapons
starvation
smallpox
poisoned water
What is Francisco Pizarro known for?
He conquered the Inca Empire.
He was the first European to reach the Mississippi River.
He established a major trading center in central Mexico.
He was the first European to travel around the southern tip of South America.
How did both Cortés and Pizarro gain an advantage of the Aztec and the Inca?
They captured the native leaders.
They pretended to be native gods.
They brought large armies with many weapons.
They used the element of surprise to attack.
Spanish government's policy to give Native Americans to colonists to provide labor and to be converted to Christianity. Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue native tribes.
Mission System
Encomienda System
Columbian Exchange
Pope's Rebellion
Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?
fairly
cruelly
generously
indifferently
Which of the following items did Europeans have, and Native Americans lack?
kings
religions
weapons
horses
The middle passage was apart of what trading system
Triangular Trade
African Trade
Square Trade
Gold Mine Trade
The triangle trade was across the ______ ocean.
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?
The economic demands of the plantation system
The construction needs of the railroad
Increased textile manufacturing
Increased western migration
What was the goal of mercantilism?
To control trade and gain wealth
Make colonies wealthy
Import many goods from other nations
Share wealth with other nations
The impact of mercantilism was that
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
The Colony grew wealthy
The Mother Country grew wealthy
What was the encomienda system?
A system of mandatory education for the indigenous people
A form of autonomous government in the Spanish colonies
A barter system between settlers and Native Americans
A system of forced labor during the Spanish colonization of America.
What was the main purpose of the encomienda system?
Encourage the education of the indigenous population.
Exploitation of indigenous labor for the benefit of the colonizers.
Promote equality of rights between colonizers and indigenous people.
Establish a barter system between colonizers and indigenous people.
