Explorers and Renaissance

What year did Columbus take his first voyage?

• 1499
• 1294
• 1942
• 1492

___________ explorers were the first Europeans to explore North America?

• Spanish
• Viking
• Portuguese
• French

Which Spanish explorer wiped out the Aztec empire? 

• De Soto
• Columbus 
• Cortez
• Magellan 

What were the negative effects of colonization on the American Indians?

• Many were killed or died from disease
• Many lost their land
• Many became slaves
• All of the above

Spanish explorers are known as

• Pizarros
• natives
• missionaries
• conquistadors

Which of the following were major resources from Africa?

• Slaves
• Gold
• Potatoes
• Cotton

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• a Portuguese prince
• He helped start European exploration and trade.
• He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
• all of the above

This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?

• Robert La Salle
• Bartholomeu Diaz
• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan

What Indian tribe was conquered by Cortes?

• Apache
• Shoshone
• Apache
• Aztec