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Worksheets*Chapter 3 Social Studies Test
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 56mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Bartholomeu Dias
2.
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Bartholomeu Dias
3.
Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Bartholomeu Dias
4.
Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed
a)
Giovanni Caboto
b)
Guanahani
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
5.
European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
a)
Giovanni Caboto
b)
Guanahani
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
6.
Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he found Cathay
a)
Giovanni Caboto
b)
Guanahani
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
7.
Body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa
a)
Martin Behaim
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
8.
Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia
a)
Martin Behaim
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
9.
First European to make a globe
a)
Martin Behaim
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
10.
Leader of first Europeans to visit the Americas
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
Leif Eriksson
c)
Constantinople
11.
City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
Leif Eriksson
c)
Constantinople
12.
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
Leif Eriksson
c)
Constantinople
13.
Name of the first European settlement in the Americas
a)
Vinland
b)
Vikings
c)
Constantinople
14.
First European people known to have visited the Americas
a)
Vinland
b)
Vikings
c)
Constantinople
15.
The Viking settlement of Vinland was located in present-day ______________.
a)
Brazil
b)
Canada
c)
Florida
16.
One of the major problems with the globe made by Martin Behaim was that _____________.
a)
There was no north direction
b)
The Atlantic Ocean was missing
c)
There were continents missing
d)
There was no longitude and latitude
17.
Marco Polo returned to Europe with stories about the riches of which place?
a)
Vinland
b)
China
c)
Plymouth
d)
Guanahani
18.
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted_______________.
a)
Vegetable, spices, and fruit
b)
Clocks, mirrors, and beads
c)
Wood, sea shells, and silver
d)
Silk, spices, and gold
19.
Trade between Europe and Asia was stopped when the Turks captured _____________.
a)
Vinland
b)
Constantinople
c)
Rome
d)
Guanahani
20.
Amerigo Vespucci used information he gathered from his voyages to conclude that ___________.
a)
The Northwest Passage did not exist
b)
The Aztecs controlled the Seven Cities of Gold
c)
Christopher Columbus had not reached Asia
d)
The Vikings had not reached the Americas
21.
_________ was the explorer whose ship was the first to sail around the world.
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Christopher Columbus
22.
The first globe ever made in Europe was created by a German mapmaker who lived in Nuremberg, Germany. Although the globe was a remarkable creation, it had many things wrong with it. Which one of the following was NOT something wrong with the globe?
a)
The scale was off
b)
It was missing continents
c)
It had extra continents
d)
The shape of the continents was wrong
23.
Which of the following events happened FIRST?
a)
The first European school for training sailors in navigation is set up.
b)
Christopher Columbus receives support from Spain to sail to Asia.
c)
The trade routes between Europe and Asia are closed off.
24.
Which of the following events happened FIRST?
a)
Amerigo Vespucci concludes that Columbus did not reach Asia.
b)
One of Ferdinand Magellan’s ships sails around the world.
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa proves that Vespucci was right and that Columbus was wrong.
25.
Which city is found at 41°S, 174°E?
a)
Sydney
b)
Wellington
c)
Port Hedland
d)
Melbourne
26.
Which city is found at 21°S, 149°E?
a)
Mackay
b)
Auckland
c)
Broken Hill
d)
Hobart
27.
Which city is found at 35°S, 149°E?
a)
Alice Springs
b)
Townsville
c)
Sydney
d)
Canberra
28.
Which city is found at 30°S, 121°E?
a)
Broken Hill
b)
Melbourne
c)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
d)
Kingston
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