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Age of Exploration and Renaissance Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513?

a)

Balboa

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Columbus

d)

Magellan

2.

Which Italian traveler went to China and made China rich?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Balboa

c)

Vespucci

d)

Ponce de Leon

3.

What was the main goal of the explorers during the Age of Exploration?

a)

To find a sea route to Asia

b)

To conquer the Aztec Empire

c)

To map the stars

d)

To spread Protestantism

4.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Global transfer of people, goods, technology, ideas, diseases, and plants/animals

b)

A trade agreement between Spain and Portugal

c)

A map-making technique

d)

A type of ship used by explorers

5.

Who led a voyage funded by Spain and realized South America was a continent?

a)

Vespucci

b)

Balboa

c)

Magellan

d)

Columbus

6.

What is a conquistador?

a)

A Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s

b)

A map maker

c)

A ship used for exploration

d)

A religious leader

7.

What is the Renaissance?

a)

A reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s

b)

A series of religious wars

c)

A type of ship

d)

A Spanish settlement

8.

Who was Martin Luther?

a)

A German priest who questioned the power and authority of Catholic leaders in 1517

b)

A Spanish explorer

c)

A Portuguese navigator

d)

A French king

9.

What is a cartographer?

a)

A person who produces maps

b)

A person who leads religious services

c)

A person who builds ships

d)

A person who studies stars

10.

What is mercantilism?

a)

An economic theory that a nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by accumulating precious metals

b)

A religious movement

c)

A type of ship

d)

A map-making technique