Deck 3: Exploration and Discovery in European History

Question 1

Who questioned the sale of indulgences in 1517 by the agents of Pope X?

A)Jaques Cartier
B)Martin Luther
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)Queen Anne

Answer 1

Martin Luther

Question 2

The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among the Europeans.

A)French Revolution
B)Renaissance
C)American Revolution
D)Reformation

Answer 2

Renaissance

Question 3

……………was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453

A)Gerusalem
B)Constantinople
C)Western Roman Empire
D)Italy

Answer 3

Constantinople

Question 4

After the fall of…………….., the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, into the hands of the fanatical Ottoman Turks, the trade routes lying within the Turkish empire, were closed to European traders.

A)Gerusalem
B)Constantinople
C)Delhi
D)Oxford

Question 5

The ………….had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.

A)Reformation
B)Renaissance
C)English Revolution
D)American Revolution

Question 6

Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in ………………

A)France
B)Portugal
C)Poland
D)Spain

Question 7

Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at …………..

A)Cochi
B)Calicut
C)Bombay
D)Cape of Good Hope

Question 8

After Prince Henry's death ……………….crossed the Equator in 1472.

A)Lopo Gonsalves
B)Diego Cao
C)Columbus
D)John Cabot

Question 9

In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa's southern most tips which he named the "Cape of Storms".

A)Bartholomew Diaz
B)Thomas Newcomen
C)Columbus
D)Robert Fulton

Question 10

John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in ……………..

A)1145
B)1245
C)1257
D)1269

Question 11

The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in…………

A)1250
B)1256
C)1260
D)1268

Question 12

……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.

A)1468
B)1477
C)1488
D)1498

Question 13

In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India.

A)Bartholomeu Dias
B)John Cabot
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Vasco da Gama

Question 14

Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in ………..

A)1458
B)1468
C)1498
D)1598

Question 15

In 1499 ………………landed in America.

A)Amerigo Vespucci
B)Cabral
C)Robert Fulton
D)Vasco da Gama

Question 16

In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire.

A)British
B)French
C)Portuguese
D)Dutch

Question 17

Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in …………

A)1465
B)1508
C)1513
D)1623

Question 18

From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and the Mississipi Valley.

A)New Hampshire
B)Vermont
C)Canada
D)Maine

Question 19

The Portuguese reached China in ………..

A)1510
B)1512
C)1517
D)1534

Question 20

In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico.

A)Hernando Cortez
B)Robert Fulton
C)Cabral
D)Amerigo Vespucci

Question 21

The fall of …………..into the hands of the Ottoman Turks was reason enough for the Europeans to seek alternative routes.

A)Delhi
B)Peking
C)Moscow
D)Constantinople

Question 22

The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of……………, about 1260.

A)Kublai Khan
B)Alfred the Great
C)Henry VIII
D)Akbar

Question 23

……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.

A)George Sarton
B)Amerigo Vespucci
C)Randolph Starn
D)Henry

Question 24

Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.

A)British
B)Dutch
C)French
D)Portuguese

Question 25

…………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the West Indies, thinking he had landed on India.

A)Christopher Columbus
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Robert Fulton
D)Robert S. Lopez