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