The Age of Discoveries

and Exploration, Spanish

Period
Prepared by: Andrea Mae T. Silatan
1. What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?
 
a. The edge of the Earth
b. Giant sea monsters
c. New trading routes
d. New continents

2. Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

 
a. To find gold and silver
b. To find lands they could colonize
c. To find new trading routes to the East Indies
d. All of the above
3. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what
two countries?
 
a. Spain and Portugal
b. England and France
c. Germany and Austria
d. Italy and Greece

4. Who was Henry the Navigator?

 
a. The first European to sail around the south of Africa
b. The first explorer to discover the Americas
c. The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America
d. The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of
Africa
5. Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of
Africa to India?
 
a. Vasco da Gama
b. Christopher Columbus
c. Hernan Cortes
d. Henry the Navigator

6. What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus

where he discovered the
Americas?
 
a. England
b. Spain
c. Portugal
d. Germany
7. Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became
the United States?
 
a. Spain
b. Netherlands
c. England
d. Portugal

8. Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

 
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Bartolomeu Dias
c. Francisco Pizarro
d. Hernan Cortes
9. What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of
Exploration?
 
a. Much of central Africa
b. Arctic and Antarctic
c. East Australia
d. All of the above

10. When did Columbus discovered the New World of the Americas?
 
a. 1391
b. 1490
c. 1492
d. 1495
11. Who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and into
the Indian Ocean?
 
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Bartolomeu Dias
c. Hernan Cortes
d. Francisco Pizarro
 
12. When the______ captured Constantinople in 1453, many existing trade routes
to India and China were shut down.
 
e. Vasco da Gama
f. Ferdinand Magellan
g. Captain James Cook
h. Ottoman Empire
13. The Age of Exploration was one of the most important times in the history of
world____?
 
a. Geography
b. Biography
c. Xylography
d. Typography
 
14. What countries established colonies in the New World?
 
e. Bahrain and Columbia
f. Singapore and China
g. Great Britain and Netherlands
h. Brazil and Mexico
15. The first expedition to circle the globe was led by Portuguese explorer.
 
a. Roald Amundsen
b. Ferdinand Magellan
c. Vasco da Gama
d. Sir Francis Drake
 
16. Who was the first Spanish governor-general in the Philippines?
 
e. Francisco Lopez
f. Marcos Lisbon
g. Mateo Sanchez
h. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
17. The first Filipino alphabet called was replaced the Roman Alphabet.
 
a. ABAKADA
b. A. E. I. O. U.
c. ALIBATA
d. None of the above
 
18. The second book printed in the Philippines was written by Fr. Blancas
de San Jose in 1602.
 
e. Neustra Señora del Rosario
f. Ang Doctrina Cristiana
g. Libero de los Cuatro Postprimeras de Hombre
h. The Pasion
19. This is the book about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ.
 
a. Urbana at Felisa
b. The Pasion
c. Ang mga Dalit kay Maria
d. None of the above
 
20. Became widespread in the Philippines and truly manifest the artistic
feelings of the Filipinos.
 
e. OPM Songs
f. Classical Music
g. Folk Songs
h. Popular Music
21. This was a short musical comedy popular during 18th century.

a. The Zarzuela
b. The Moro-moro
c. The Salubong
d. The Zainete
 
22. This is presented before 12:00 on Christmas Eve.
 
e. Tibag
f. Panunuluyan
g. The Cenaculo
h. Carillo (Shadow Play)
 

23. This is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus
Christ.
 
a. The Cenaculo
b. The Hablada
c. The salubong
d. The moro-moro
 
24. The first book in the Bicol language and written by Fr. Marcos Lisbon in 1754.

e. Vocabulario de la Lengua Pampanga

f. Arte y Reglas de le Lengua Tagala
g. Arte de la Legua Bicolana
h. Arte de la Lengua Ilokana
25. The first Tagalog dictionary written by Fr. Pedro de San Buenaventura in
1613.
 
a. Vocabulario de la Lengua Pampanga
b. Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala
c. Vocabulario de la Lengua Bisaya
d. None of the abaove
 
26. These are called by various names except.
 
e. Carillo
f. Titiri
g. Aliala
h. Hablada
27. What are the examples of recreational plays performed by Filipinos during the
Spanish times?
 
a. Titiri
b. Gagalo or kikimut
c. Lagaylay
d. Aliala
 
28. This is performed during town fiestas to entertain the people and to remind
them of their Christian Religion.
e. The Moro-moro
f. Karagatan
g. The Zarzuela
h. Recreational Plays
29. This is a poetic vehicle of socio-religious nature celebrated during the death of a
person.
 
a. The Moro-moro
b. Karagatan
c. The Zarzuela
d. Recreational Plays
 
30. Which of these Spanish Influences on Philippine Literature?
 
e. The teaching of the Christian Doctrine became the basis of religious
practices.
f. Our periodicals during these times gained a religious tone.
g. Ancient literature was collected and translated to Tagalog and other dialects.
h. All of the above.