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European Explorers
Test Description: European Explorers
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1) Who started the School of Navigation?
A
Magellan
B
Vasco de Gama
C
Prince Henry
D
Columbus
2) Who did Prince Henry send to work on the Sugar cane plantations in Brazil?
A
Indians
B
slaves from Africa
C
explorers
D
sailors
3) What was Prince Henry known as?
A
Prince Henry the Sailor
B
Prince Henry the Navigator
C
Prince Henry the Great
D
Prince Henry the Explorer
4) Why did Spain and Portugal believe they could legally claim land in South America?
A
Roman Empire granted them permission
B
Ottoman Turks granted them permission
C
England granted them permission
D
The Pope gave Spain and Portugal permission to take land.
5) Who was the Portuguese explorer that sailed around Africa to Asia for the Spice Trade?
A
Prince Henry
B
Vasco da Gama
C
Christopher Columbus
D
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
6) Who was the Italian explorer that sailed for Spain, landed in the New World, thought he was in Indies and called the people there Indians?
A
Christopher Columbus
B
James Cook
C
Hernan Cortes
D
Francisco Pizarro
7) Who was the explorer who sailed for Spain and is given credit to be the first to circumnavigate the world?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
John Cabot
C
Christopher Columbus
D
Ferdinand Magellan
8) What was the cause of the huge decrease of the Aborigines in Australia?
A
slave traded them to other countries
B
James Cook's voyages exposed them to diseases and warfare.
C
drowned them all
D
sold them to other tribes
9) How did technology help sailors find North America?
A
by showing them direction of the wind
B
did not help them
C
by showing them where other ships were
D
by allowing them to explore more sea routes
10) Samuel de Champlain sailed for France, what did he discover?
A
Brazil
B
Quebec
C
bears
D
Aztecs
11) What European nation colonized Australia and made it a prison colony?
A
France
B
Spain
C
Great Britain
D
Italy
12) What were some of the effects of exploration on the indigenous people?
A
All of the above
B
Forced the indigenous people to follow their Christian religion
C
Brought deadly diseases that killed a lot of indigenous people.
D
Forced the indigenous people to learn the explorers language
13) What were the indirect causes of WWI?
A
Hitler's concentration camps
B
MAIN-Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism, and Nationalism
C
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D
Take over of Poland
14) What do the 3 G's of exploration stand for?
A
God, Gold, and Glory
B
Great Goodies Garage
C
Great Green Grass
D
Gophers, Golf, and Grass
15) 15th century to the 18th century was known as (1450-1700)
A
20th Century
B
Stone Age
C
Age of Exploration
D
Golden Age
16) Europeans divided Africa into colonies at the Berlin West Africa conference that became known as
A
Great Africa Divide
B
the Scramble for Africa
C
African European Collaboration
D
African Union
17) How did Catholicism become a main religion in South America?
A
brought to South America by Spanish Missionaries
B
It was already there
C
brought to South America by the French
D
brought by slaves
18) What is one reason English settlers began immigrating to the New World?
A
for better economic opportunites
B
make new friends
C
to find turkeys
D
seek warmer climate
19) The English regulated their colonies with the economic policy of
A
Mercantilism
B
Communism
C
forgiveness
D
Fedualism
20) Aborigines, Aztecs, Incas, Inuit, and Indians all are referred to as
A
Indigenous
B
arrogant
C
planters
D
slaves
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