Age of Exploration: European Conquest

Multiple Choice

When did Columbus sail across the Atlantic?

• 300

• 1492

• 1776

• 1865

Multiple Choice

Where did Portugal explore?

• Eastern South America (Brazil)

• Northern North America (Canada)

• Southern North America (Mexico)

• Eastern North America (United States)

Multiple Choice

What country explored the territory of modern day Mexico?

• Portugal

• France

• England

• Spain

Multiple Choice

What country explored the east coast of the United States?

• Portugal

• France

• England

• Spain

Multiple Choice

Who were the conquistadors?

• Explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires

• Merchants of the British Empire

• Farmers of the French Empire

• Artists of the Italian Renaissance

Multiple Choice

What were the main goals of the conquistadors?

• To seek fame and wealth

• To establish trade routes

• To spread religion

• To build new cities

Open Ended

What event(s) happened close to the end of the Aztec & Incan empire?

Open Ended

What does the graph represent? What event(s) occurred around this time? What is one theory you have for the data on this graph?

Open Ended

For each reason of the conquest of the Americas, provide a guess as to why this would cause the decline of the empires.

Open Ended

What caused the decline of the American empires and what did Europe do to the Americas?