Age of Exploration - Multiple Choice Test

What did people often use to make meat last longer ?
1. salt
2. pepper
3. cocoa
4. sugar
Why couldn't European traders use the land route to Asia any more?
1. It was controlled by the Turkish Empire.
2. The roads became too small .
3. With ships they could get to Asia faster.
4. There were too many dangerous tribes waiting for them.
Towards the end of the 15th century the Portuguese started to explore
1. the western coast of Africa
2. the eastern coast of North America
3. the eastern coast of Asia
4. the western coast of South America
Vasco da Gama finally reached
1. the western coast of India
2. the Cape of Good Hope
3. the West Indies
4. the southern tip of South America
Christopher Columbus sailed for
1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Italy
4. France
On October 12th 1492 Columbus landed
1. on the island of San Salvador
2. on the coast of Florida
3. in Jamestown
4. on the coast of Panama
Vasco de Balboa was the first explorer
1. to see the Pacific Coast
2. to explore Central America
3. to meet the Aztec king
4. to discover the gold of the Incas
The French set up colonies
1. in the western part of North America
2. in the St. Lawrence Valley
3. on the islands of the Caribbean
4. on the east coast of the New World
The first permanent settlement , Jamestown, was founded by the
1. English
2. Dutch
3. Spanish
4. French
Ferdinand Magellan died
1. in a fight on the Philippine Islands
2. as soon as he got home from his world voyage
3. in the Indian Ocean
4. in stormy weather around the Cape of Good Hope