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AGE OF EXPLORATION: CHAPTER FIVE REVIEW
SECTION ONE :MULTIPLE CHOICE
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Use the organizer below to answer Questions 1 and 2.
To protect trade
routes to the exotic
items of Asia
To convert nonEuropean people to
Christianity
COMMON
FEATURE?
To reduce high
prices for silks and
spices in Europe
To find new supplies
of gold and silver for
Europe
1. A feature common to the goals above is that they were all
a) direct causes of the Renaissance in Europe
b) indirect results of increased trade during the Middle Ages
c) motives for European exploration and expansion
d) reasons for the development of humanism and the Renaissance worldview
2. Which of the following developments was the most useful in assisting those in power to
accomplish the goals listed in the organizer above?
a) The invention of the printing press.
b) The invention of new forms of navigational equipment.
c) The spread of literacy and the discovery of new art forms.
d) The increase in volume of trade among European cities.
Refer to Figure 5-26 on text page 120 to answer Questions 3, 4, and 5.
3. The primary purpose common to the four explorers shown on the map was to
a) initiate contact with new cultural groups
b) find new sea routes to Asia
c) make scientific discoveries
d) investigate religious beliefs held by other groups
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4. These explorers were most surprised by which geographic problem indicated on the
map?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The distance from Europe to Asia
The time required to sail around Africa
The location of Australia
The existence of the Americas
5. Using the scale on the map to calculate distance, which of these explorers journeyed
the farthest?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Bartholomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Use the following statement to answer Question 6.
In the Age of Exploration, European contact with new cultures was always peaceful and
was welcomed by the groups the Europeans came into contact with.
6. A student investigating the Age of Exploration could prove the above statement false by
locating information on
a)
b)
c)
d)
European contacts with Prester John
Marco Polo’s journey to China
the role of Prince Henry the Navigator in supporting discovery
the methods used by the Portuguese to control trade with India
7. Three of the following statements describe reasons why Europeans sought to expand
their territory and influence outside of Europe. Choose the statement that does not
explain this expansion.
a) The Renaissance worldview inspired individuals to explore the truth about the world
for themselves, and to have the confidence to take on dangerous tasks.
b) Italian and other merchants were looking for shorter and cheaper ways to bring silks
and spices from Asia to Europe.
c) Christian leaders encouraged expansion as a means to convert non-Christians and
to prevent the spread of Islamic beliefs.
d) Leaders in Europe wanted to cooperate with Indigenous peoples in Africa and the
Americas by forming alliances.
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Use the following excerpt to answer Question 8.
The Articles of Agreement between the Lords the Catholic Sovereigns
and Cristobal Colon
Firstly, that Your Highnesses, as actual Lords of the said Oceans, appoint from this date
the said Cristobal Colon to be your Admiral in all these islands and mainlands which by
his activity and industry shall be discovered or acquired…
Likewise, that Your Highnesses appoint the said Don Cristobal Colon to be your
Admiral/your Viceroy and Governor General in all the said islands and mainlands…
that of all and every kind of merchandise whatsoever…which may be bought,
bartered, discovered, and obtained…that he may have and take for himself, the tenth
part of the whole…
By command of the King and of the Queen
8. From the point of view of an Indigenous person in the New World, the above Articles of
Agreement would most likely be considered
a) acceptable, because contact with Spain would probably increase trade
b) acceptable, because the King of Spain is Lord of the Oceans
c) unacceptable, because the King of Spain has no right to take command of the land
and property of the New World
d) unacceptable, because the inhabitants of the New World should be given money
and goods by the King of Spain
9. In 2006, NASA assessed the odds of crew members on the space shuttle dying at 1 in
a)
b)
c)
d)
100
200
500
1000
10. Countries have control over their natural resources around their shore like fish and
water. This area of control extends how far?
a)
b)
c)
d)
70 km
170 km
270 km
370 km
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SECTION TWO: TRUE AND FALSE
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11. Through trade with the Arab world spices began to arrive in Europe through India
12. At some steps of the trading process, the prices of the spices increased
13. Europeans believed a land route to the east was the solution to their trade
problems.
14. The first European explorers to what is now Canada were often accompanied by
missionaries.
15. Most Catholic missionaries in Canada were Italian.
16. Prince Henry began by funding expeditions to the coast of Africa's goldproducing regions
17. The Portuguese hired locals as interpreters in Africa
18. Due to their cannon technology, the Portuguese prevailed and established
military control over this part of the world
19. Scientists today estimate there were people here 30,000 years before the
Europeans arrived
20. It is estimated that 40-90 million lived here before the Europeans arrived
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SECTION THREE: FILL IN THE BLANKS
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21. Trading centres like Constantinople and Alexandria provided goods for
__________ merchants
22. Renaissance exploration sponsors felt it was their duty to bring ______________
to the people of the lands they visited.
23. In the western regions, Catholic and __________ priests arrived shortly after the
establishment of the Red River Settlement in ______.
24. At a centre at _________, explorers from all over Europe gathered to share their
knowledge
25. ___________was the first European country to get involved in organized
exploration.
26. The first slaves were brought to work on islands in the _______ Ocean on
________ plantations
27. For the next ________ centuries, Europeans captured and transported millions of
Africans to the _________as Slaves
28. ________ merchants saw the Portuguese as _________and regularly attacked
their ships.
29. Columbus made three more voyages around the _________ looking for sources
of gold and ______.
30. Magellan was killed after getting involved in a local war, but his ship continued
home to Spain as the first to _____________ the world.
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SECTION FOUR: VOCABULARY
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31. Expansionism
32. Gold
33. Glory
34. God
35. Prester John
36. Robert Rundle
37. Father Thibeault
38. Prince Henry
39. Bartolomeu Dias
40. Vasco da Gama
41. Christopher Columbus
42. Ferdinand Magellan
a. became a patron of the Portuguese explorers
b. led the first Portuguese expedition around the Cape of Good Hope
c. a legend believed to have ruled fabulously wealthy lands, situated beyond
the Muslim lands
d. To be the first person to accomplish some exploration feat
e. set up a Methodist Church at Fort Edmonton
f. To spread religious ideas through missionary work
g. the first to sail south along the coast of South America and reach the
Pacific Ocean by heading west
h. Self explanatory riches like gold and silver
i. established the first permanent mission in Alberta
j. the actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to increase
power and territory
k. was sure there was a shorter route to Asia
l. sailed around Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Calicut
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43.
Name three problems of the current trading system for Europeans.
44.
Give the navigational use for each of the following tools developed during
the Age of Exploration: compass, astrolabe, cross staff, back-staff.
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