Technology/Development
Reasons for Exploration
Exploration/Explorers
Explorers/Voyages
Explorers/Voyages
100
In many cases, the new tools of navigation were not really new at all. The ancient Greeks had invented the astrolabe over a thousand years before. What technology helped to spread knowledge of new tools and make people aware of them?
A. printing press
B. gunpowder
C. chronometer
D. caravel
A. printing press
100
Why are the European wars from 1524 to 1648 known as the “Wars of Religion?”
A. Protestants and Catholics went to war after the Protestant Reformation.
B. There were new Muslim invasions of Europe.
C. Europeans were still interested in fighting crusades.
D. The Catholic church allowed countries to fight their neighbors.
A. Protestants and Catholics went to war after the Protestant Reformation.
100
The Reconquista or “reconquest” took place in which European country?
A. England
B. Spain
C. France
D. Italy
B. Spain
100
What route did Jacques Cartier take from France in 1535?
A. the Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco Bay
B. the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi
C. the Atlantic Ocean to the Saint Lawrence River
D. the Atlantic Ocean to the Hudson River
C. the Atlantic Ocean to the Saint Lawrence River
100
Which of the following explorers traveled through the American Southwest?
A. Coronado
B. De Soto
C. Cartier
D. Cabot
A. Coronado
200
Which instrument did Portuguese sailors use to navigate at sea by measuring the angle between the North Star and the horizon?
A. compass
B. caravel
C. astrolabe
D. hauberk
C. astrolabe
200
Which Catholic group became extremely committed to religious conversion after the Counter-Reformation?
A. Lutherans
B. Calvinists
C. Anabaptists
D. Jesuits
D. Jesuits
200
Look at the map of the Silk Road. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Europeans wanted to avoid the Silk Road?
A. Robbers often ambushed people on the road.
B. Europeans preferred to travel short distances.
C. Merchants had to pay taxes on the goods they were transporting.
D. Travel was slow and transporting goods took a long time.
B. Europeans preferred to travel short distances.
200
Which explorer went to Newfoundland in what is now Canada?
A. Cabot
B. Cartier
C. Magellan
D. Columbus
A. Cabot
200
Indigenous societies were often devastated after first contact with Europeans because of __________.
A. exhaustion
B. diseases
C. European food
D. natural disasters
B. diseases
300
What Italian city was responsible for developing the first practical modern compass?
A. Genoa
B. Naples
C. Rome
D. Venice
D. Venice
300
“Your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians, and princes who love and promote the holy Christian faith, and are enemies of the doctrine of Mahomet, and of all idolatry and heresy, determined to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the above-mentioned countries of India, to see the said princes, people, and territories, and to learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith…”
– Excerpt from the Diaries of Christopher Columbus
Columbus talks about why the King and Queen of Spain are sending him abroad. What event that took place in Spain made the Spanish more interested in religious conversion?
A. the First Crusade
B. the invention of the Caravel
C. the Reconquista
D. the Protestant Reformation
C. the Reconquista
300
Which indigenous empire in South America did Francisco Pizarro conquer?
A. Iroquois
B. Aztec
C. Inca
D. Maya
C. Inca
300
What sea route did Magellan follow?
A. a northern route to Alaska
B. a southern route to Florida
C. a western route to Asia
D. an eastern route to Europe
C. a western route to Asia
300
Who was the Aztec emperor when Cortes conquered Mexico?
A. Montezuma
B. Powhatan
C. Tenochtitlan
D. Huitzilopochtli
A. Montezuma
400
Which of the following diseases was extremely common for sailors in the Age of Exploration, often affecting up to half the crew?
A. influenza
B. cholera
C. scurvy
D. smallpox
C. Scurvy
400
In his famous 95 Theses, Martin Luther objected to the Catholic Church selling _________.
A. indulgences
B. lands
C. slaves
D. weapons
A. indulgences
400
What city in modern-day Canada was founded by Samuel de Champlain?
A. Toronto
B. Ottawa
C. Vancouver
D. Quebec City
D. Quebec City
400
Where did Columbus’ travels take him in the New World?
A. Mexico
B. the Caribbean
C. Peru
D. Canada
B. the Caribbean
400
How did West Africa become a part of the trading system in the New World?
A. buying tea
B. selling rum
C. the slave trade
D. selling weapons
C. the slave trade
500
The caravel became one of the most popular sailing ships in this period. What characteristic of the ship might have made it attractive to the explorers of the day?
A. It was very large.
B. It could carry cannons.
C. It was very small.
D. It was very fast.
D. It was very fast.
500
Prior to the Protestant Reformation, what church did most Western Europeans belong to?
A. Presbyterian Church
B. Anglican Church
C. Roman Catholic Church
D. Lutheran Church
C. Roman Catholic Church
500
What English explorer was responsible for helping to settle Jamestown?
A. John Smith
B. Roger Cross
C. William Bradford
D. John Cabot
A. John Smith
500
Where is the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam?
A. Pennsylvania
B. Georgia
C. Maine
D. New York
D. New York
500
What unrelated crisis in the empire helped Francisco Pizarro conquer the Incan Empire?
A. drought
B. civil war
C. hurricane
D. earthquake
B. civil war