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World History Assessment                      Chapter 30



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans wanted to find a sea route to Asia?
a.
Need for spices
c.
Overcrowding in large cities
b.
Wish to spread Christianity
d.
Shortage of silver and gold
 

 2. 

Prince Henry of Portugal was known as "the Navigator" because
a.
he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.
b.
he invented the compass to improve navigation.
c.
he set up a school where experts taught Portuguese sailors.
d.
he led the first Portuguese expedition around Africa.
 

 3. 

Where did the first Portuguese explorers travel?
a.
Through the Red Sea
c.
Down the west coast of Africa
b.
Westward across the Atlantic
d.
Northward to Britain
 

 4. 

Which explorer led the first round-trip voyage to India?
a.
Christopher Columbus
c.
Vasco da Gama
b.
Giovanni da Verrazano
d.
Hernando de Soto
 

 5. 

The area that Columbus actually explored included present-day
a.
Florida and the Gulf Coast.
c.
India and Arabia.
b.
New York and New England.
d.
Cuba and the Bahamas.
 

 6. 

How did Pope Alexander VI's line of demarcation divide the non-Christian parts of the world?
a.
Equally among all the European nations
b.
West of the line to Spain and lands east to Portugal
c.
Between the Catholic and Protestant countries in Europe
d.
The south to Spain, the north to Portugal
 

 7. 

The Spanish conquistadores led by Cortes conquered
a.
the Aztecs of Mexico.
c.
French settlements in Canada.
b.
the Inca Empire in Peru.
d.
Muslim towns in Africa.
 

 8. 

French claims to land in eastern Canada were based on the explorations made by
a.
Giovanni da Verrazano.
c.
Jacques Cartier.
b.
Sir Martin Frobisher.
d.
Henry Hudson.
 

 9. 

The original goal of European explorers in North America was
a.
conquest of Indian empires.
c.
trade with Native Americans.
b.
a northwest passage to Asia.
d.
land for colonies.
 

 10. 

____ led to the great age of discovery in the 1400s.
a.
Better ships and equipment
c.
The search for new trade routes
b.
Silk, spices, and precious metals
d.
Fewer wars over religion
 

 11. 

Portuguese explorers had gone part way down the west coast of ____ when Prince Henry died.
a.
Italy
c.
India
b.
North America
d.
Africa
 

 12. 

Educated people of the time believed the earth was round, but the voyage of ____ actually proved it.
a.
Magellan
c.
Verrazano
b.
Columbus
d.
da Gama
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Bartolomeu Dias
f.
Verrazano
b.
caravel
g.
Ponce de Leon
c.
Henry the Navigator
h.
Henry Hudson
d.
Magellan
i.
conquistadores
e.
Cape of Good Hope
j.
astrolabe
 

 13. 

Portuguese sea captain whose expedition made the first round-the-world trip
 

 14. 

Spanish soldiers who conquered the Americas
 

 15. 

Portuguese prince who encouraged exploration
 

 16. 

Fast-sailing ship built in Portugal
 

 17. 

Spanish soldier who explored Florida
 

 18. 

Italian navigator who explored coast of North America for the French
 

 19. 

Portuguese captain who first sailed around Africa
 

Short Answer
 

 20. 

How are today's astronauts like the explorers of the 1400s? How are they different?
 



 
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