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WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 2 Review - The Age of Exploration
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which vocabulary word means a journey made for a special purpose, often exploration?
Caravel
Astrolabe
Expedition
Trade route
Improved navigation helped explorers travel farther safely. What does navigation mean in this unit?
The science of planning and following a route
Owning land in another country
A Spanish conqueror
A tool used to find direction using the stars
Spain established settlements ruled by their country in the Americas. What vocabulary term fits this description?
Conquistador
Trade route
Colony
Caravel
Hernán Cortés is described as which of the following?
An English navigator
A Spanish conqueror (conquistador)
A Portuguese mapmaker
A Dutch merchant
Sailors used this tool to figure out their location using the stars. Which term matches?
Astrolabe
Compass rose
Caravel
Colony
Which ship type was fast and easy to steer, allowing explorers to travel farther than before?
Galleon
Caravel
Longship
Trireme
Which explorer sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Caribbean, beginning European exploration of the Americas?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Which explorer is linked with England and explored parts of North America, helping claim land for England?
Vasco da Gama
Hernán Cortés
John Cabot
Francisco Pizarro
Which explorer from Portugal sailed around Africa to reach India, finding a sea route to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Which cause of exploration is best described as the desire to spread Christianity?
Religious reasons
Technological advances
Curiosity and ambition
Economic reasons
Which of the following was a technological advance that supported exploration?
Better maps and navigation tools like compass, astrolabe, and caravel
New farming tools for wheat fields
Printing novels about explorers
Heavier armor for soldiers
Which is listed as a positive effect of exploration?
Spread of diseases that harmed Indigenous peoples
Loss of cultures and land for Native Americans
Exchange of goods and ideas between continents (Columbian Exchange)
Enslavement and mistreatment of Native Americans and Africans
Which is listed as a negative effect of European exploration?
Growth of trade and wealth in Europe
Discovery of new lands
Spread of diseases that harmed Indigenous peoples
Exchange of ideas between continents
What is the Columbian Exchange according to the review sheet?
A single trade route from Spain to India
The movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
A treaty between England and Portugal to share maps
A law that banned ocean voyages after 1600
During the Columbian Exchange, which items moved from Europe to the Americas?
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa
Horses, cattle, wheat, sugar
Gold, silver, spices, silk
Rice, tea, porcelain
