The Age of Exploration: Lesson 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a key achievement of the Portuguese during the Age of Exploration?

• Explored the African coast

• Established trading posts

• Invented the printing press

• Developed new sailing techniques

Multiple Select

Which of the following were achievements of Vasco da Gama?

• Reached India by sea

• Established spice trade route

• Discovered Brazil

• Claimed Brazil for Portugal

Multiple Choice

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and opened the route to the Indian Ocean?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

• Ferdinand Magellan

Multiple Choice

Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II financed Christopher Columbus’s voyages between 1492 and 1504. Although Columbus believed he had reached Asia, he actually landed in the Caribbean. How did the Spanish monarchy’s decision to support Columbus most directly shape global history?

• It shifted trade dominance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, fueling European competition for colonies.

• It caused Spain to abandon further exploration in favor of strengthening its alliances in Europe especially with Portugal.

• t limited European contact with the Americas to only Spanish expeditions for the next century.

• It ensured peaceful relations between Spain and all indigenous peoples in the Americas.

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?

• To divide the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal

• To establish trading routes between Europe and Asia

• To end the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

• To create the Viceroyalty of Peru

Multiple Choice

The Treaty of Tordesillas, approved by the Pope, divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Spain received lands west of the dividing line, while Portugal received lands east of it. What was the most direct result of this agreement?

• It prevented Spain and Portugal from establishing overseas colonies.
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• It created the foundation for Spanish America and Portuguese Brazil

• It forced both nations to abandon exploration in the New World.

• It led other European nations to immediately accept the division of territory.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a key factor in Hernán Cortés's conquest of the Aztec Empire?

• Strategic alliances with local tribes

• Superior naval power

• Discovery of gold mines

• Support from the Portuguese

Multiple Choice

When Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico in 1519, he was welcomed by Montezuma II but later formed alliances with tribes opposed to Aztec rule. Combined with his use of advanced weapons and horses, these strategies led to which outcome?

• The Aztec Empire fell, and Spain established New Spain in its place.
  

• The Aztec Empire expanded by defeating Cortés and his allies

• Spain abandoned further attempts to conquer territory in the Americas.

• The Aztec Empire and Spain formed a lasting political alliance.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a key strategy used by Francisco Pizarro in his conquest of the Inca Empire?

• Exploited ongoing Inca civil war

• Captured Emperor Atahualpa

• Formed an alliance with the Inca Empire

• Demanded massive gold and silver ransom

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT an achievement of Prince Henry the Navigator or the Portuguese during the Age of Exploration?

• Established navigation school

• Explored African coast

• Invented the printing press

• Created maps of unknown regions