Explorers Quiz

What explorer helped the Spanish conquer Mexico? 

• da Gama
• Magellan
• Dias
• Cortez

The number one factor that led to the downfall of the Aztecs was the introduction of__________________.

• guns
• disease
• tobacco
• cotton

What Spanish explorer conquered the powerful Inca Empire?

• Cortez
• Magellan
• Pizarro
• Columbus

European nations wanted to explore the seas to add _________ to their empires.

• colonies
• encomiendas
• sepoys
• viceroys

The________________had a direct effect on the ability of countries to explore the seas.

• black death
• crusades
• line of demarcation
• technology

European countries were in a race to add______________posts to their empires.

• fence
• trading
  military
• Military
• religious

All countries were desperate to find a quicker and easier route to the lucrative _____________trade in India.

• tobacco
  tobacco
• spice
• cotton
• gun

Trade was a great motivating factor for exploration.  European nations also wanted to spread_________________throughout the new world.

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Nativism

Who created a navigation school in Portugal?

• Ferdinand
• Isabella
• Hernan
• Henry

Besides the new world, the Portuguese were very interested in_________________.

• Africa
• Costa Rica
• Hawaii
• Japan