Age of Exploration 17.3/17.4

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Which explorer is represented in the picture?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

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Which term means a good that is sold to another country?

• Import

• Export

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A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

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Cash crop farming is the growing of food for...

• food

• sale

• import

• leisure

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Why were the Spanish interested in the New World?

• Silver

• Power and Money

• Gold and Converting the natives to Christianity

• Spices and Trae

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What was the name of Aztec capitol city?

• Machu Picchu

• Chinampa

• Tenochtitlan

• Quetzalcoatl

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Which country was NOT very active in the fight for territory in the New World?

• Spain

• GreatvBritain

• Germany

• France

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How long did it take for the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs?

• 6 months

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 3 years

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What civilization was located in modern day Peru

• Inca

• Aztec

• Iroquois

• Mayans

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What civilization was located in modern day Mexico

• Inca

• Aztec

• Iroquois

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What country did Cortes claim land for?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Cuba

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Who was the leader of the Aztecs

• Montezuma

• Sapa Inca

• Technoctitlan

• Pizzaro

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Which of the following was NOT an impact of Cortes' conquests?

• Native people were forced to convert to Christianity

• The Spanish built governments in what is now Mexico City

• The Aztecs were afflicted by smallpox

• The Aztec civilization grew

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What did Montezuma think that these strangers were?

• Gods

• Eskimos

• Travelers

• Indians

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What did Cortés decide to do?

• He decided to become friends with the Aztecs.

• He decided to leave Mexico.

• He decided to leave the Aztecs alone.

• He decided to conquer the Aztecs.

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Which best describes the factors that enabled Cortes to defeat the Aztecs?

• larger forces, better weapons

• metal armor, muskets, horses, allies

• stone weapons

• disease and more men

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The modern day country where the Aztec empire was centered is 

• Mexico 

• Peru

• Brazil

• Chile

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The Inca emperor __________ was captured and held ransom for a room full of gold.

• Montezuma II

• Atahualpa

• Cortez

• Pizarro

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According to this map, which of the following products was native to the Americas?

• turkeys

• sheep

• bananas

• olives

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Where did BOTH the Spanish and Portuguese establish colonies?

• Mesoamerica and South America

• North America

• Africa and Australia

• Other parts of Europe.

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Who conquered the Aztecs?

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

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Who conquered the Incas?

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

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Spain came to America with what purpose?

• to trade with Natives

• for God, Gold, and Glory

• to exchange goods

• to spread diseases

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Conquistador is a Spanish word that means.....

• crazy man

• soldier

• conqueror

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Which exchange most impacted the native populations in Mesoamerica (central region of America)?

• Gunpowder

• Smallpox

• Horses

• Cacao

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Which nation was motivated by profiting from the fur trade in North America?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Netherlands

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Which country funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New World."

• Portugal

• Spain

• Italy

• England

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Why did Cortes take Moctezuma prisoner?

• Moctezuma had not welcomed Cortes and his men.

• He wanted to conquer the Aztecs.

• He was afraid of the Aztecs' superior weapons.

• He wanted to take Moctezuma back to Spain.