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Name: _______________ Explorers Unit Test Multiple Choice Section Directions: Select the best answer choice. 1. What was “The Age of Exploration”? a. Early 15th to 17th century when European sailors explored many parts of the world, especially North America. b. Early 14th to 16th century when Italian sailors explored many parts of the world especially North America and India. c. Early 15th to 17th century when European sailors explored many parts of the world, especially India. 2. Explorers were in search for: 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. a. slaves, grain, and gems b. gold, silver, and spices c. new lands they could control Europeans couldn’t travel across land because the ______________ would attack them. a. European Empire b. Spanish c. Germans d. Ottoman Empire ____________ were the first to explore the western coast of Africa and looked for a route around Africa to Asia a. Spanish b. European c. Portuguese d. Mongolian The cause of exploration: a. People want products b. People wanted rare animal skins c. People wanted to escape their boring lives d. People wanted to conquer natives The two main players in early exploration were: a. Mexico and America b. Portugal and Spain c. England and Scotland d. Africa and Asia The _________________ is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. a. Old Salem b. Cape of Good Hope c. Shelter Island d. Cape of good Faith 1|Page Name: _______________ Explorers Unit Test Matching Section Directions: Match the definition with the best answer choice. Put the letter of the best answer choice in the blank. You will only use each word once. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ______ A person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission ______ A word of Spanish origin similar to navy or fleet ______ A time when all civilizations can be in contact with others around the world. ______ To go around a place, such as an island, a continent, or the earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat. ______ A person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information ______ A device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle or group of needles turning freely on a pivot and pointing to the magnetic north. ______ A compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies ______ The goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicles ______ One of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru who took part in the conquest of large parts of the Americas and Asia, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. Word Bank for Matching Section a. cargo b. armada c. explorer d. missionaries f.compass g. astrolabe h. circumnavigate e. global age i. conquistador Name that Famous Person Section Directions: match the person with their description; put the letter of the best answer choice in the blank. You will only use each person once. 1. _____ Italian man; looked west for route to Asia; was given money by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Spain; discovered land in 1492, but it wasn’t Asia. 2. ______ Sailed an expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean (then named "peaceful sea") 3. ______ Son of Portuguese King; dazzled by dreams of ocean exploration and East Asia; established a navigation school 4. ______ First to land on the mainland of North America; looking for “fountain of youth;” sailed for Spain; established St. Augustine, Florida 2|Page Name: _______________ Explorers Unit Test 5. ______ First to sail around Africa to India (27,000 miles); obtained valuable goods from India 6. ______ Looking for fabled seven cities of gold; explored present-day Arizona and New Mexico 7. ______ Explored Mexico; Conquered Aztec civilization; Spanish Conquistador; Conquered Aztec emperor Montezuma; found gold Claimed Mexico for Spain (15191521)“Discovered” Tenochtitlan 8. ______ Spanish Explorer; claimed Pacific Ocean and adjoining lands for Spain; first to cross the Isthmus of Panama 9. ______Conquered the Incan Empire; sailed for Spain 10. ______ America was named after him; recruited by Spain Word Bank for Name that Person Section a. Christopher Columbus d. Ferdinand Magellan h. Ponce De Leon b. Hernando Cortes c. Amerigo Vespucci e. Prince Henry f. Balboa g. Vasco De Gama i. Pizarro j. Coronado Map Section Directions: Locate Europe on this map of the world; circle it, and label it 3|Page