Quiz #1

What is one reason Spain sponsored the first voyage of Columbus to the west?

• find a more direct trade route to Asia
• make contact with new people
• obtain military technology
• trade in established ports in Americas

Why is Columbus' initial journey considered a turning point in history?

• Spain establish a link between Europe and the Americas
• Spain set up an all water route to Asia.
• Spain was victorious in the Reconquista
• Spain established colonies in India.

Which statement accurately reflects population changes that occurred as a result of the Age of Exploration?

• Native American populations decreased due to European diseases.
• Goods from the Americas caused a decline in Asian populations.
• One Third of Europe's population died due to diseases from the Americas.
• Native populations increased due to European exploration

What was the effect of the Colombian Exchange on European society?

• Forced migration to the Americas declined.
• Native populations in Africa increased.
• New good and ideas swapped between continents.
• Christianity was divided into Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox.

What was a major reason for European voyages of exploration?

• need to protect Crusades routes
• need for new religious ideas
  
• need to control Constantinople
• need for trade routes to Asia

Which country sailed south down the west coast of Africa to India.

• Spain
• France
• Portugal
• England

Which country set up trading posts in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Valley?

• Portugal
• England
• Spain
• France

Which country was able to conquer the Aztec and Inca Native American tribes?

• England
• Spain
• Portugal
• France

Which country established colonies on the east coast of present day United States?

• England
• France
• Spain
• Portugal

Which of the following was a reason why Europeans wanted to explore?

• riches
• spreading religion
  
• land
• all of these