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Ch. 2 The Age Of Exploration
Test Description: Social studies- 5th grade- Florida standards
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?
A
the telescope
B
the magnetic compass
C
the astrolabe
D
maps
2) Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
A
colony
B
merchant
C
patron
D
slave trade
3) A person who buys and sells goods
A
patron
B
merchant
C
epidemic
D
colony
4) An outbreak of a quickly spreading disease
A
epidemic
B
colony
C
patron
D
slave trade
5) The buying and selling of humans as property.
A
merchant
B
patron
C
slave trade
D
epidemic
6) A settlement far from the country that rules it.
A
merchant
B
colony
C
patron
D
epidemic
7) Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know which direction they were going?
A
magnetic compass
B
none of them
C
maps
D
astrolabe
8) Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?
A
Vasco de Gama
B
Prince Henry
C
Bartolomeu Diaz
D
Leif Ericsson
9) Which of the following explains why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus’s voyage?
A
They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.
B
They wanted to trade with Native Americans.
C
They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.
D
They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.
10) Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?
A
east
B
west
C
north
D
south
11) What did Columbus name the general area where he landed on his first voyage?
A
America
B
Taino
C
New Spain
D
West Indies
12) How long did Columbus sail before he reached land on his first voyage?
A
1 month
B
5 years
C
5 weeks
D
2 years
13) Which of the following was a reason Cortés took Moctezuma prisoner?
A
He was afraid of the Aztecs’ superior weapons.
B
He wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
C
He wanted to take Moctezuma back to Spain.
D
Moctezuma had not welcomed Cortés and his men.
14) What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella want Columbus to trade for in Asia?
A
cotton and wood
B
gold and spices
C
lumber and fish
D
horses and cattle
15) Which of the following items from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans?
A
gold and silver
B
bananas and sugar cane
C
horses
D
corn and potatoes
16) What was the overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people of North America?
A
It was good for them.
B
It improved their lives.
C
It had no effect on them.
D
It was harmful to them.
17) How did mapmakers help European sailors improve their navigation?
A
They taught sailors how to operate the new caravel ships.
B
Their maps showed the dangerous areas of land routes.
C
They made more accurate maps.
D
They could tell them how fast their ship was going.
18) Which explorer’s expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
A
Ponce de Leon
B
Cortés
C
Magellan
D
Columbus
19) Which of the following statements BEST describes Prince Henry’s navigation school?
A
Prince Henry did not start a navigation school.
B
Students at the school were taught military arts that they would use to conquer Native American civilizations.
C
Sailors, scholars, mapmakers, and shipbuilders worked together there to improve sea travel.
D
Christopher Columbus attended the school.
20) Though both Native Americans and enslaved Africans suffered in New Spain, which of the following conditions was NOT shared by both groups?
A
suffering from sickness and overwork
B
forced labor
C
leaving their homeland
D
not knowing the language of their conquerors
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