Chapter 14/15 TEST

Which of the following best describes a cartographer? 

• tool used to determine latitude
• mapmaker
• plantation owner
• explorer

All of the following motivated Europeans to explore the world except

• They hoped to spread Christianity.

• They hoped to discover gold and silver.

• They were escaping the threat of Chinese invasion.

• They wanted to find a fast route to the Spice Islands.

Which of the following countries began the first European explorations?

• Portugal and England
• Portugal and Spain
• France and England
• Spain and France

Which of the following men discovered the Cape of Good Hope for the Portuguese?

• Pedro Alvarez Cabral
• Bartholome da Las Casas
• Vasco da Gama
• Bartolomeu Dias

The Cape of Good Hope is located on which of the following continents?

• South America
• Asia
• Europe
• Africa

Which of the following men claimed the Philippines for Spain?

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Prince Henry the Navigator

Which of the following was first to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier

An astrolabe measures

• barometric pressure
• latitude
• longitude
• water depth

Which of the following Spanish explorers conquered the Aztecs in 1519?

• Hernan Desoto
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortes

All of the following were results of the Spanish conquest in the Americas except

• Natives died of smallpox.
• Natives died of scurvy.
• Natives died from influenza.
• Natives died from measles.