Unit 5 Review (2021)

Front

Which explorer, sailing for Portugal, aimed to sail around Africa to gain access to the Asian spice trade?

Back

Prince Henry the Navigator

Front

After failing to find a northwest passage to Asia through Canada, who founded Quebec?

Back

Samuel de Champlain

Front

What was a reason that the Spanish conquistadors would take missionaries (Jesuits) with them to the Americas?

Back

To convert the native peoples to Christianity

Front

Who circumnavigated the earth by ship from Spain and back again, proving it was not flat?

Back

Ferdinand Magellan

Front

Who established direct trade with India, around Africa, while bypassing the Italian and Muslim merchants that controlled the overland trade routes?

Back

Vasco DaGama

Front

Sailing for Spain, which explorer searched for a shorter route to India by heading West through the Atlantic, ultimately landing in the Caribbean?

Back

Christopher Columbus

Front

The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the Americas were known as

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Conquistadors

Front

Why did Europeans want to find a direct sea route to Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries?

Back

to cut Italian and Muslim merchants out by avoiding the overland trade route

Front

How did The Crusades contribute to the Age of Exploration?

Back

Europeans were introduced to Asian spices during the Crusade

Front

What was Francisco Pizarro responsible for? Options: Conquering the Inca, Conquering the Aztec, Conquering the Mayans, Conquering the Olmecs

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Conquering the Inca